And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore the edge of your mantle over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman.
Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread the edge of my mantle over you, and covered your nakedness: yea, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
And Naomi said to her daughter in law, Blessed be he by the LORD, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our next kinsmen.
And he said, Blessed be you by the LORD, my daughter: for you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, seeing that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.
And I thought to inform you, saying, Buy it, before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, so that I do not spoil my own inheritance: you redeem my right for yourself; for I cannot redeem it.
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.