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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Ruth" num="8">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>Naomi Widowed</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">In the days <crossref let="a" cid="c08001001.1"/>when the judges ruled there was <crossref let="b" cid="c08001001.2"/>a famine in the land, and a man of <crossref let="c" cid="c08001001.3"/>Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001002"/>
+    <verse num="2">The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were <crossref let="d" cid="c08001002.1"/>Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001006"/>
+    <heading>Ruth&apos;s Loyalty to Naomi</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that <crossref let="e" cid="c08001006.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had visited his people and <crossref let="f" cid="c08001006.2"/>given them food.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001008.1" from="08001008.1" to="08001009.1"/>Go, return each of you to her mother&apos;s house. May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="g" cid="c08001008.1"/>deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with <crossref let="h" cid="c08001008.2"/>the dead and with me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001009"/>
+    <verse num="9">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> grant that you may find <crossref let="i" cid="c08001009.1"/>rest, each of you in the house of her husband!<q class="end-double" qid="08001009.1" from="08001008.1" to="08001009.1"/> Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And they said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001010.1" from="08001010.1" to="08001010.2"/>No, we will return with you to your people.<q class="end-double" qid="08001010.2" from="08001010.1" to="08001010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">But Naomi said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001011.1" from="08001011.1" to="08001013.1"/>Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb <crossref let="j" cid="c08001011.1"/>that they may become your husbands?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that <crossref let="k" cid="c08001013.1"/>the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has gone out against me.<q class="end-double" qid="08001013.1" from="08001011.1" to="08001013.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">And she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001015.1" from="08001015.1" to="08001015.2"/>See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to <crossref let="l" cid="c08001015.1"/>her gods; return after your sister-in-law.<q class="end-double" qid="08001015.2" from="08001015.1" to="08001015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001016"/>
+    <verse num="16">But Ruth said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001016.1" from="08001016.1" to="08001017.1"/>Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. <crossref let="m" cid="c08001016.1"/>Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. <crossref let="n" cid="c08001017.1"/>May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.<q class="end-double" qid="08001017.1" from="08001016.1" to="08001017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="o" cid="c08001018.1"/>And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001019"/>
+    <heading>Naomi and Ruth Return</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, <crossref let="p" cid="c08001019.1"/>the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001019.1" from="08001019.1" to="08001019.2"/>Is this Naomi?<q class="end-double" qid="08001019.2" from="08001019.1" to="08001019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001020"/>
+    <verse num="20">She said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="08001020.1" from="08001020.1" to="08001021.1"/>Do not call me Naomi;<note nid="n08001020.1"/> call me <crossref let="q" cid="c08001020.1"/>Mara,<note nid="n08001020.2"/> for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="r" cid="c08001021.1"/>I went away full, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?<q class="end-double" qid="08001021.1" from="08001020.1" to="08001021.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08001022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem <crossref let="s" cid="c08001022.1"/>at the beginning of barley harvest.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>Ruth Meets Boaz</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now Naomi had <crossref let="t" cid="c08002001.1"/>a relative of her husband&apos;s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was <crossref let="u" cid="c08002001.2"/>Boaz.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002002.1" from="08002002.1" to="08002002.2"/>Let me go to the field and <crossref let="v" cid="c08002002.1"/>glean among the ears of grain after him <crossref let="w" cid="c08002002.2"/>in whose sight I shall find favor.<q class="end-double" qid="08002002.2" from="08002002.1" to="08002002.2"/> And she said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002002.3" from="08002002.3" to="08002002.4"/>Go, my daughter.<q class="end-double" qid="08002002.4" from="08002002.3" to="08002002.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, <crossref let="x" cid="c08002004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="08002004.1" from="08002004.1" to="08002004.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> be with you!<q class="end-double" qid="08002004.2" from="08002004.1" to="08002004.2"/> And they answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002004.3" from="08002004.3" to="08002004.4"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> bless you.<q class="end-double" qid="08002004.4" from="08002004.3" to="08002004.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002005.1" from="08002005.1" to="08002005.2"/>Whose young woman is this?<q class="end-double" qid="08002005.2" from="08002005.1" to="08002005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002006.1" from="08002006.1" to="08002007.3"/>She is the young Moabite woman, <crossref let="y" cid="c08002006.1"/>who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">She said, <q class="begin-single" qid="08002007.1" from="08002007.1" to="08002007.2"/>Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.<q class="end-single" qid="08002007.2" from="08002007.1" to="08002007.2"/> So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.<q class="end-double" qid="08002007.3" from="08002006.1" to="08002007.3"/><note nid="n08002007.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">Then Boaz said to Ruth, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002008.1" from="08002008.1" to="08002009.1"/>Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn.<q class="end-double" qid="08002009.1" from="08002008.1" to="08002009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Then <crossref let="z" cid="c08002010.1"/>she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002010.1" from="08002010.1" to="08002010.2"/>Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should <crossref let="a" cid="c08002010.2"/>take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?<q class="end-double" qid="08002010.2" from="08002010.1" to="08002010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">But Boaz answered her, <crossref let="b" cid="c08002011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="08002011.1" from="08002011.1" to="08002012.1"/>All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="c" cid="c08002012.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!<q class="end-double" qid="08002012.1" from="08002011.1" to="08002012.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then she said, <crossref let="d" cid="c08002013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="08002013.1" from="08002013.1" to="08002013.2"/>I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.<q class="end-double" qid="08002013.2" from="08002013.1" to="08002013.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">And at mealtime Boaz said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002014.1" from="08002014.1" to="08002014.2"/>Come here and eat some bread and dip your morsel in the wine.<q class="end-double" qid="08002014.2" from="08002014.1" to="08002014.2"/> So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed to her roasted grain. And she ate until <crossref let="e" cid="c08002014.1"/>she was satisfied, and she had some left over.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002015.1" from="08002015.1" to="08002016.1"/>Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And also pull out some from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her.<q class="end-double" qid="08002016.1" from="08002015.1" to="08002016.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah<note nid="n08002017.1"/> of barley.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over <crossref let="f" cid="c08002018.1"/>after being satisfied.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And her mother-in-law said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002019.1" from="08002019.1" to="08002019.2"/>Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man <crossref let="g" cid="c08002019.1"/>who took notice of you.<q class="end-double" qid="08002019.2" from="08002019.1" to="08002019.2"/> So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002019.3" from="08002019.3" to="08002019.4"/>The man&apos;s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.<q class="end-double" qid="08002019.4" from="08002019.3" to="08002019.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, <crossref let="h" cid="c08002020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="08002020.1" from="08002020.1" to="08002020.2"/>May he be blessed by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, whose kindness has not forsaken <crossref let="i" cid="c08002020.2"/>the living or the dead!<q class="end-double" qid="08002020.2" from="08002020.1" to="08002020.2"/> Naomi also said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002020.3" from="08002020.3" to="08002020.4"/>The man is a close relative of ours, one of <crossref let="j" cid="c08002020.3"/>our redeemers.<q class="end-double" qid="08002020.4" from="08002020.3" to="08002020.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And Ruth the Moabite said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002021.1" from="08002021.1" to="08002021.4"/>Besides, he said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="08002021.2" from="08002021.2" to="08002021.3"/>You shall keep close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.<q class="end-single" qid="08002021.3" from="08002021.2" to="08002021.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="08002021.4" from="08002021.1" to="08002021.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, <q class="begin-double" qid="08002022.1" from="08002022.1" to="08002022.2"/>It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.<q class="end-double" qid="08002022.2" from="08002022.1" to="08002022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003001.1" from="08003001.1" to="08003004.1"/>My daughter, should I not seek <crossref let="k" cid="c08003001.1"/>rest for you, that it may be well with you?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Is not Boaz <crossref let="l" cid="c08003002.1"/>our relative, <crossref let="m" cid="c08003002.2"/>with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="n" cid="c08003003.1"/>Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But when he lies down, observe the place where he lies. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down, and he will tell you what to do.<q class="end-double" qid="08003004.1" from="08003001.1" to="08003004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And she replied, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003005.1" from="08003005.1" to="08003005.2"/>All that you say I will do.<q class="end-double" qid="08003005.2" from="08003005.1" to="08003005.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and <crossref let="o" cid="c08003007.1"/>his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003008"/>
+    <verse num="8">At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003009.1" from="08003009.1" to="08003009.2"/>Who are you?<q class="end-double" qid="08003009.2" from="08003009.1" to="08003009.2"/> And she answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003009.3" from="08003009.3" to="08003009.4"/>I am Ruth, your servant. <crossref let="p" cid="c08003009.1"/>Spread your wings<note nid="n08003009.1"/> over your servant, for you are <crossref let="q" cid="c08003009.2"/>a redeemer.<q class="end-double" qid="08003009.4" from="08003009.3" to="08003009.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And he said, <crossref let="r" cid="c08003010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="08003010.1" from="08003010.1" to="08003013.1"/>May you be blessed by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than <crossref let="s" cid="c08003010.2"/>the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are <crossref let="t" cid="c08003011.1"/>a worthy woman.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And now it is true that I am <crossref let="u" cid="c08003012.1"/>a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will <crossref let="v" cid="c08003013.1"/>redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, <crossref let="w" cid="c08003013.2"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.<q class="end-double" qid="08003013.1" from="08003010.1" to="08003013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003014.1" from="08003014.1" to="08003014.2"/>Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.<q class="end-double" qid="08003014.2" from="08003014.1" to="08003014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003015.1" from="08003015.1" to="08003015.2"/>Bring the garment you are wearing and hold it out.<q class="end-double" qid="08003015.2" from="08003015.1" to="08003015.2"/> So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003016.1" from="08003016.1" to="08003016.2"/>How did you fare, my daughter?<q class="end-double" qid="08003016.2" from="08003016.1" to="08003016.2"/> Then she told her all that the man had done for her,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003017.1" from="08003017.1" to="08003017.4"/>These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="08003017.2" from="08003017.2" to="08003017.3"/>You must not go back empty-handed to your mother-in-law.<q class="end-single" qid="08003017.3" from="08003017.2" to="08003017.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="08003017.4" from="08003017.1" to="08003017.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">She replied, <q class="begin-double" qid="08003018.1" from="08003018.1" to="08003018.2"/>Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.<q class="end-double" qid="08003018.2" from="08003018.1" to="08003018.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Boaz Redeems Ruth</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now Boaz had gone up to <crossref let="x" cid="c08004001.1"/>the gate and sat down there. And behold, <crossref let="y" cid="c08004001.2"/>the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004001.1" from="08004001.1" to="08004001.2"/>Turn aside, friend; sit down here.<q class="end-double" qid="08004001.2" from="08004001.1" to="08004001.2"/> And he turned aside and sat down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And he took ten men <crossref let="z" cid="c08004002.1"/>of the elders of the city and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004002.1" from="08004002.1" to="08004002.2"/>Sit down here.<q class="end-double" qid="08004002.2" from="08004002.1" to="08004002.2"/> So they sat down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then he said to the redeemer, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004003.1" from="08004003.1" to="08004004.3"/>Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004004"/>
+    <verse num="4">So I thought I would tell you of it and say, <crossref let="a" cid="c08004004.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="08004004.1" from="08004004.1" to="08004004.2"/>Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.<q class="end-single" qid="08004004.2" from="08004004.1" to="08004004.2"/> If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you<note nid="n08004004.1"/> will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.<q class="end-double" qid="08004004.3" from="08004003.1" to="08004004.3"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004004.4" from="08004004.4" to="08004004.5"/>I will redeem it.<q class="end-double" qid="08004004.5" from="08004004.4" to="08004004.5"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Then Boaz said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004005.1" from="08004005.1" to="08004005.2"/>The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth<note nid="n08004005.1"/> the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order <crossref let="b" cid="c08004005.1"/>to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.<q class="end-double" qid="08004005.2" from="08004005.1" to="08004005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="c" cid="c08004006.1"/>Then the redeemer said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004006.1" from="08004006.1" to="08004006.2"/>I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it.<q class="end-double" qid="08004006.2" from="08004006.1" to="08004006.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="d" cid="c08004007.1"/>Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">So when the redeemer said to Boaz, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004008.1" from="08004008.1" to="08004008.2"/>Buy it for yourself,<q class="end-double" qid="08004008.2" from="08004008.1" to="08004008.2"/> he drew off his sandal.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004009.1" from="08004009.1" to="08004010.1"/>You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to <crossref let="e" cid="c08004009.1"/>Chilion and to Mahlon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, <crossref let="f" cid="c08004010.1"/>to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.<q class="end-double" qid="08004010.1" from="08004009.1" to="08004010.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then all the people who were <crossref let="g" cid="c08004011.1"/>at the gate and the elders said, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004011.1" from="08004011.1" to="08004012.1"/>We are witnesses. May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, <crossref let="h" cid="c08004011.2"/>who together <crossref let="i" cid="c08004011.3"/>built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in <crossref let="j" cid="c08004011.4"/>Ephrathah and <crossref let="k" cid="c08004011.5"/>be renowned in Bethlehem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">and may your house be like the house of Perez, <crossref let="l" cid="c08004012.1"/>whom Tamar bore to Judah, because <crossref let="m" cid="c08004012.2"/>of the offspring that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give you by this young woman.<q class="end-double" qid="08004012.1" from="08004011.1" to="08004012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004013"/>
+    <heading>Ruth and Boaz Marry</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, <crossref let="n" cid="c08004013.1"/>and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave her conception, and she bore a son.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="o" cid="c08004014.1"/>Then the women said to Naomi, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004014.1" from="08004014.1" to="08004015.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, who has not left you this day without <crossref let="p" cid="c08004014.2"/>a redeemer, and may his name <crossref let="q" cid="c08004014.3"/>be renowned in Israel!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, <crossref let="r" cid="c08004015.1"/>who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.<q class="end-double" qid="08004015.1" from="08004014.1" to="08004015.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="s" cid="c08004017.1"/>And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="08004017.1" from="08004017.1" to="08004017.2"/>A son has been born to Naomi.<q class="end-double" qid="08004017.2" from="08004017.1" to="08004017.2"/> They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004018"/>
+    <heading>The Genealogy of David</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Now these are the generations of Perez: <crossref let="t" cid="c08004018.1"/>Perez fathered Hezron,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="u" cid="c08004020.1"/>Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v08004022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>