14. So she lay at his feet until morning, but she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, “It must not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
15. He said, “Bring me the shawl you have on you, and hold it.” So she held it, and he poured six measures of barley into it and placed it on her. Then she went into the city.
16. When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi said, “How did it go, my daughter?”Then she told her all that Boaz had done for her.
17. She said, “He gave me these six ephahs of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not return to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”
18. Then Naomi said, “Wait here, my daughter, until you learn what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”