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 \v 11 But Naomi said, "No, my daughters, return home. It will not do any good for you to come with me! It is not possible for me to have more sons who could become your husbands.
 \v 12 You should go back. It is too late for me to have another husband. Even if I got married today and had more sons,
-\v 13 would you remain unmarried until they grew up? No, my daughters! It makes me even more sad than you are, because Yahweh has sent me so much trouble."
+\v 13 would you remain unmarried until they grew up? No, my daughters! It makes me even more sad than you are because Yahweh has sent me so much trouble."
 
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-\v 1 There was a man named Boaz who lived in Bethlehem. He was a relative of Naomi's dead husband, Elimelek. He was also rich and influential.
+\v 1 There was a man named Boaz who lived in Bethlehem. He was a relative of Naomi's dead husband Elimelek. He was also rich and influential.
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 \v 2 One day Ruth said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the stalks of grain that the harvesters leave behind. I will go behind any harvester who gives me permission."
 Naomi replied, "Go ahead, my daughter."
 
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-\v 3 So Ruth went out to the fields and began to pick up the grain left behind by the men who were harvesting. And it turned out that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelek!
+\v 3 So Ruth went out to the fields and began to pick up the grain left behind by the men who were harvesting. And it turned out that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law Elimelek!
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 \v 4 Just then, Boaz returned from town. He greeted the harvesters, saying, "May Yahweh be with you!" They replied, "May Yahweh bless you!"
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-\v 5 Then Boaz saw Ruth, and asked the foreman, "Who is that young woman related to?"
+\v 5 Then Boaz saw Ruth and asked the foreman, "Who is that young woman related to?"
 \v 6 The foreman replied, "She is the woman from Moab who returned from there with her mother-in-law Naomi.
 \v 7 She said to me, 'Please let me pick up some grain. I will only walk behind the men who are harvesting the grain and gather what they leave.' I gave her permission, and she has been working in the field from this morning until now. She has only taken a short rest, when she rested in the shelter."
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-\v 10 When he said that, she knelt before him, with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, "Why are you being so kind to me? I did not think you would pay any attention to me since I am a foreigner!"
+\v 10 When he said that, she knelt before him with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, "Why are you being so kind to me? I did not think you would pay any attention to me since I am a foreigner!"
 \v 11 Boaz replied, "People have told me about everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband died. They told me that you left your parents and your homeland, and you came here to live among people whom you did not know.
 \v 12 I pray that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. May you receive full payment for your actions from the God of Israel, because he is the one you have come to and he will protect you!"
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 \v 6 So she went down to the place where they thresh the grain. There she did everything that her mother-in-law had told her to do.
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-\v 7 When Boaz finished eating and drinking, he was feeling good. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down there and went to sleep. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the covering off his feet and lay down there.
+\v 7 When Boaz finished eating and drinking, he was feeling good. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down there and went to sleep. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the covering off of his feet and lay down there.
 
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 \v 8 In the middle of the night, he woke up suddenly. He sat up and realized that a woman was lying at his feet.
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 \v 3 Then Boaz said to his relative, "As you know, Naomi has returned from Moab. Now she wants to sell her right to the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.
-\v 4 I thought that I should tell you about that, and suggest that you buy it, while these elders who are sitting here are listening. If you are willing to buy the property, do that. But if you do not want to buy it, tell me, so that I will know. I am suggesting this to you because you are the one who has the first right to buy it, and if you do not buy it, I am next in line." The man replied, "I will buy it!"
+\v 4 I thought that I should tell you about that and suggest that you buy it, while these elders who are sitting here are listening. If you are willing to buy the property, do that. But if you do not want to buy it, tell me, so that I will know. I am suggesting this to you because you are the one who has the first right to buy it, and if you do not buy it, I am next in line." The man replied, "I will buy it!"
 
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-\v 5 Then Boaz told him, "When you buy the land from Naomi, you will also need to marry Ruth, our relative's widow from Moab, in order that she may have a son to inherit the property and carry on the name of her dead husband."
-\v 6 Then the nearer relative said, "If that is so, I do not want to buy the property, because then my own children would not inherit the property. I give you the right to buy the property instead of me!"
+\v 5 Then Boaz told him, "When you buy the land from Naomi, you will also need to marry Ruth, our relative's widow from Moab, so that she may have a son to inherit the property and carry on the name of her dead husband."
+\v 6 Then the nearer relative said, "If that is so, I do not want to buy the property because then my own children would not inherit the property. I give you the right to buy the property instead of me!"
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-\v 11 All the elders and the others who were sitting at the town gate agreed and said, "Yes, we are witnesses." One of them added, "May Yahweh allow this woman, who will be coming into your home, to be like Rachel and Leah, the two who bore our ancestors and started our people, Israel. We hope that you will become rich in the clan of Ephrathah, and become famous here in Bethlehem.
+\v 11 All the elders and the others who were sitting at the town gate agreed and said, "Yes, we are witnesses." One of them added, "May Yahweh allow this woman, who will be coming into your home, to be like Rachel and Leah, the two who bore our ancestors and started our people Israel. We hope that you will become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and become famous here in Bethlehem.
 \v 12 May your family be like the family of your ancestor Perez son of Judah, and Tamar, because of the many descendants that Yahweh will give to you and this young woman."
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 \v 13 So Boaz took Ruth to be his wife and slept with her. Yahweh enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.
 \v 14 The women of Bethlehem said to Naomi, "Praise Yahweh! Now he has given you a grandson who will be the one who will have the responsibility to take care of you. May he become famous throughout Israel.
-\v 15 He will make you feel young again, and he will take care of you when you become old, because your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given birth to him. She has been better to you than if you had seven sons."
+\v 15 He will make you feel young again, and he will take care of you when you become old because your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given birth to him. She has been better to you than if you had seven sons."
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-\v 16 Then Naomi took the baby and put him on her lap, and became a second mother for him.
+\v 16 Then Naomi took the baby and put him on her lap and became a second mother for him.
 \v 17 The women who were living nearby said, "It is as though Naomi now has a son!" And they named him Obed. Later, Obed became the father of Jesse, who became the father of David.
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