9. Keep your eyes on the field that they are harvesting and go along after them. I’ve ordered the young men not to assault you. Whenever you are thirsty, go to the jugs and drink from what the young men have filled."
10. Then she bowed down, face to the ground, and replied to him, "How is it that I’ve found favor in your eyes, that you notice me? I’m an immigrant."
11. Boaz responded to her, "Everything that you did for your mother-in-law after your husband’s death has been reported fully to me: how you left behind your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people you hadn’t known beforehand.
12. May the Lord reward you for your deed. May you receive a rich reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you’ve come to seek refuge."
13. She said, "May I continue to find favor in your eyes, sir, because you’ve comforted me and because you’ve spoken kindly to your female servant—even though I’m not one of your female servants."
14. At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come over here, eat some of the bread, and dip your piece in the vinegar." She sat alongside the harvesters, and he served roasted grain to her. She ate, was satisfied, and had leftovers.
15. Then she got up to glean.Boaz ordered his young men, "Let her glean between the bundles, and don’t humiliate her.
16. Also, pull out some from the bales for her and leave them behind for her to glean. And don’t scold her."
17. So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed what she had gleaned; it was about an ephah of barley.
18. She picked it up and went into town. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She brought out what she had left over after eating her fill and gave it to her.