1. Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man of prominence and means from the clan of Elimelek. His name was Boaz.
2. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the field and glean among the heads of grain behind anyone in whose eyes I may find favor.”Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3. So she went to glean in the field behind the harvesters. She happened to come to a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.
4. Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!”And they said to him, “May the Lord bless you.”
5. Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
6. So the servant who was in charge of his harvesters answered, “She is the young Moabitess woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.