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So Ruth went out and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. She just so happened to be in the field of Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

Soon after Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “Adonai be with you.”

They replied, “May Adonai bless you.”

Then Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

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So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(A) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(B)

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(C)

“The Lord bless you!(D)” they answered.

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

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