2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the Lev. 19:9, 10; 23:22; Deut. 24:19field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor."
And she said to her, "Go, my daughter."
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
10 So she 1 Sam. 25:23fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found 1 Sam. 1:18favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?"
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, "It has been fully reported to me, Ruth 1:14–18all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. 12 1 Sam. 24:19; Ps. 58:11The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, Ruth 1:16; Ps. 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4under whose wings you have come for refuge."