“You would do well, my daughter,” Naomi rejoined, “to work with his young women; in someone else’s field you might be insulted.”
Do not give up your own friend and your father’s friend; do not resort to the house of your kindred when trouble strikes. Better a neighbor near than kin far away.
M If you do not know, most beautiful among women, Follow the tracks of the flock and pasture your lambs near the shepherds’ tents.
While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s maids came along.
“He even told me,” added Ruth the Moabite, “Stay with my young people until they complete my entire harvest.”
So she stayed gleaning with Boaz’s young women until the end of the barley and wheat harvests.