Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ruth 3:16
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When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
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And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who [art] thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
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When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done for her.
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And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
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Ruth 3
14 So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.
16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
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