12 Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am. 13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good.(A) Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives,(B) I will. Now lie down until morning.”

14 So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark.[a] Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a[b] woman came to the threshing floor.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:14 Lit up before a man could recognize his companion
  2. Ruth 3:14 LXX; MT reads the

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