1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a prominent rich man from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after someone in whose eyes I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
4 And look, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
5 And Boaz said to his servant in charge of the reapers, “To whom does this young woman belong?”
6 And the servant in charge of the reapers said, “She is a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab.
7 And she said, ‘Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she came and remained from the morning up to now. She is sitting for a little while in the house.”