The servantin chargeof the reapersreplied,"She is the youngMoabitewomanwho returnedwith Naomifrom the landof Moab.
Abramsaid,"O LordGOD,whatwill You giveme, since I amchildless,and the heirof my houseis Eliezerof Damascus?"
Abrahamsaidto his servant,the oldestof his household,who hadchargeof allthat he owned, "Pleaseplaceyour handundermy thigh,
So Josephfoundfavorin his sightand becamehis personalservant;and he madehim overseeroverhis house,and allthat he ownedhe putin his charge.
"When eveningcame,the ownerof the vineyardsaidto his foreman,'Callthe laborersand paythem their wages,beginningwith the last[group] to the first.'
"Whothenis the faithfuland sensibleslavewhomhis masterput in chargeof his householdto givethem their foodat the proper time?
But Ruthsaid,"Do not urgeme to leaveyou [or] turnbackfrom followingyou; for whereyou go,I will go,and whereyou lodge,I will lodge.Your people[shall be] my people,and your God,my God.
So they bothwentuntilthey cameto Bethlehem.And when they had cometo Bethlehem,allthe citywas stirredbecauseof them, and the women said,"Is thisNaomi?"
So Naomireturned,and with her Ruththe Moabitess,her daughter-in-law,who returnedfrom the landof Moab.And they cameto Bethlehemat the beginningof barleyharvest.
Then Boazsaidto his servantwho was in chargeof the reapers,"Whoseyoungwomanis this?"
"And she said,'Pleaselet me gleanand gatherafterthe reapersamong the sheaves.'Thus she cameand has remainedfrom the morninguntilnow;she has been sittingin the housefor a littlewhile."