So she stayedcloseby the maidsof Boazin order to gleanuntilthe endof the barleyharvestand the wheatharvest.And she livedwith her mother-in-law.
(Now the flaxand the barleywere ruined,for the barleywas in the earand the flaxwas in bud.
A wiseson[accepts his] father'sdiscipline,But a scofferdoes not listento rebuke.
He who walkswith wisemenwill be wise,But the companionof foolswill sufferharm.
As Peterwas belowin the courtyard,oneof the servant-girlsof the high priestcame,
Do not be deceived:"Badcompanycorruptsgoodmorals."
"You shall countsevenweeksfor yourself; you shall beginto countsevenweeksfrom the time you beginto put the sickleto the standinggrain.
So Naomireturned,and with her Ruththe Moabitess,her daughter-in-law,who returnedfrom the landof Moab.And they cameto Bethlehemat the beginningof barleyharvest.
Naomisaidto Ruthher daughter-in-law,"It is good,my daughter,that you goout with his maids,sothat [others] do not fallupon you in anotherfield."
Then Naomiher mother-in-lawsaidto her, "My daughter,shall I not seeksecurityfor you, that it may be wellwith you?
