She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her.
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
“Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
She said to her, “All that you say, I will do.”
When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.