16. When Ruth returned, her mother-in-law Naomi asked, “How did things go, my daughter?”Ruth told Naomi everything the man had done for her.
17. She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley and told me not to come back to you empty-handed.”
18. Naomi replied, “Stay here, my daughter, until you know how it turns out. The man won’t rest unless he settles this matter today.”