So she went down to the threshing-floor,—and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.
Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
His mother saith unto them who are ministering—Whatsoever he may say to you, do!
Honour thy father, and thy mother,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding you.
And she said unto her,—All that thou sayest, will I do.
And, when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was glad, he went in to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then came she in softly, and turned aside the covering of his feet, and laid her down.
Esther had not told of her people, nor of her kindred,—for, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, that she should not tell.