6. So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had told her.
7. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then [Ruth] came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.
8. At midnight the man was startled, and he turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!
9. And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your maidservant. Spread your wing [of protection] over your maidservant, for you are a next of kin.