16 She went to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who asked her, “What happened,[a] my daughter?”

Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her. 17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said,[b] ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

18 Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Lit “Who are you
  2. 3:17 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Syr, Tg read said to me

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