9 "Who are you?" he asked.
"I’m Ruth, your servant," she replied. "Please spread the corner of your cloak over me, for you are my family redeemer."3:9. Again this symbolic act was a request to fulfill the obligation of family redeemer, which included marriage.
10 "May the Lord bless you, my daughter," he said. "You are showing even more loyalty and love to the family than before. You haven’t gone looking for a younger man, of whatever social status.3:10. "Social status": literally, "rich or poor."
17 "And he also gave me these six measures of barley," she added. "He told me, ‘You mustn’t go home to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’"