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Ruth 2:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.” "
Ruth 2:13
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11 Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.
12 May the LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”
14 At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.
15 When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.
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Ruth 2:1
"Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz."
Ruth 2:2
"Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”"
Ruth 2:3
"She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech."
Ruth 2:4
"Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD bless you.”"
Ruth 2:5
"Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”"
Ruth 2:6
"The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab."
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