1 Chronicles
Bible, King James Version
Ruth
Ruth.1
[
1] Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled,
that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to
sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two
sons.
[
2] And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his
wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued
there.
[
3] And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and
her two sons.
[
4] And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the
name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled
there about ten years.
[
5] And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of
them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
[
6] Then
she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of
Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his
people in giving them bread.
[
7] Wherefore she went forth out of the
place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the
way to return unto the land of Judah.
[
8] And Naomi said unto her two
daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly
with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
[
9] The LORD
grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then
she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
[
10] And
they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy
people.
[
11] And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go
with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your
husbands?
[
12] Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old
to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband
also to night, and should also bear sons;
[
13] Would ye tarry for them
till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my
daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is
gone out against me.
[
14] And they lifted up their voice, and wept
again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto
her.
[
15] And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto
her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in
law.
[
16] And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return
from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my
God:
[
17] Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and
me.
[
18] When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
then she left speaking unto her.
[
19] So they two went until they came
to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all
the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
[
20] And
she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt
very bitterly with me.
[
21] I went out full, and the LORD hath brought
me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified
against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
[
22] So Naomi
returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned
out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of
barley harvest.
Ruth.2
[
1] And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man
of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
[
2] And
Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears
of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go,
my daughter.
[
3] And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field
after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging
unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
[
4] And behold, Boaz
came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they
answered him, The LORD bless thee.
[
5] Then said Boaz unto his servant
that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
[
6] And the
servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish
damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
[
7] And
she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the
sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that
she tarried a little in the house.
[
8] Then said Boaz unto Ruth,
Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from
hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
[
9] Let thine eyes be on the
field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young
men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the
vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
[
10] Then
she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why
have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me,
seeing I am a stranger?
[
11] And Boaz answered and said unto her, It
hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since
the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother,
and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore.
[
12] The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to
trust.
[
13] Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord;
for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto
thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine
handmaidens.
[
14] And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat
beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was
sufficed, and left.
[
15] And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and
reproach her not:
[
16] And let fall also some of the handfuls of
purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her
not.
[
17] So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that
she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
[
18] And she
took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had
gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she
was sufficed.
[
19] And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast
thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take
knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought,
and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
[
20] And
Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not
left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her,
The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
[
21] And Ruth
the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men,
until they have ended all my harvest.
[
22] And Naomi said unto Ruth
her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens,
that they meet thee not in any other field.
[
23] So she kept fast by
the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat
harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Ruth.3
[
1] Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My
daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with
thee?
[
2] And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou
wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
[
3]
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get
thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall
have done eating and drinking.
[
4] And it shall be, when he lieth
down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in,
and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt
do.
[
5] And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will
do.
[
6] And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all
that her mother in law bade her.
[
7] And when Boaz had eaten and
drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of
corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her
down.
[
8] And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,
and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
[
9] And he
said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore
thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
[
10] And
he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more
kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst
not young men, whether poor or rich.
[
11] And now, my daughter, fear
not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people
doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
[
12] And now it is true that
I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
[
13]
Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto
thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will
not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to
thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
[
14] And she lay
at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another.
And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the
floor.
[
15] Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and
hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it
on her: and she went into the city.
[
16] And when she came to her
mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that
the man had done to her.
[
17] And she said, These six measures of
barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in
law.
[
18] Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how
the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished
the thing this day.
Ruth.4
[
1] Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there:
and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such
a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat
down.
[
2] And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit
ye down here. And they sat down.
[
3] And he said unto the kinsman,
Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land,
which was our brother Elimelech's:
[
4] And I thought to advertise
thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people.
If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me,
that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after
thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
[
5] Then said Boaz, What day thou
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his
inheritance.
[
6] And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself,
lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot
redeem it.
[
7] Now this was the manner in former time in Israel
concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man
plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in
Israel.
[
8] Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So
he drew off his shoe.
[
9] And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all
the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was
Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of
Naomi.
[
10] Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance,
that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the
gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
[
11] And all the people
that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the
woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did
build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
Bethlehem:
[
12] And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom
Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young
woman.
[
13] So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went
in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
[
14]
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee
this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in
Israel.
[
15] And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a
nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is
better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
[
16] And Naomi took the
child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
[
17] And
the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi;
and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of
David.
[
18] Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat
Hezron,
[
19] And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat
Amminadab,
[
20] And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat
Salmon,
[
21] And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat
Obed,
[
22] And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
