The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. III.

1 Naomi giueth Ruth counsel. 8. She 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at Bōaz fete 12 He acknowledgeth him selfe to be her kinseman.

1 AFterward Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal not I sekea 1.1 rest for thee, that thou maiest prosper?

2 Now also is not Bōaz our kinsman, with whose maids thou wast? beholde, he winow∣eth barly to night in the“ 1.2 floore.

3 Wash thy selfe therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: let not theb 1.3 man knowe of thee, vntil he haue left eating & drinking.

4 And when he shal slepe, marke the place where he layeth him downe, and go, and vn∣couerthe place of his fete, & lay thee downe and he shal tel thee what thou shalt do.

5 And she answered her, All that thou biddest me, I wil do.

6 ¶ So she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in lawe bade her.

7 And when Bóaz had eaten, and dronken, &c 1.4 cheared his heart, he went to lie downe at the end of the heape of corne, and she came softely, and vncouered the place of his fete, and lay downe.

8 And at midnight the man was afraied“ 1.5 and caught holde: & lo, a woman lay at his fete.

9 Then he said, Who art thou? And she answe∣red, I am Ruth thine hād maide: spread there fore the wing of thy garment ouer thine hand maid: for thou art the kinseman.

10 Then said he, Blessed be thou of the Lord my daughter: thou hastd 1.6 she wed more good

nes in the latter end, then at the beginning, in as muche as thou folowedst not yong men were they poore or riche.

11 And now, my daughter, feare not: I wil do to thee all that thou requirest: for al the citie of my people doeth knowe, that thou art a vertuous woman.

12 And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I.

13 Tary to night, and when morning is come, if hee 1.7 wil do the duetie of a kinseman vnto thee, wel, let him do the kinsmans duetie: but if he wil not do the kinsemans parte, thē wil I do the duetie of a kinsman, as the Lord li∣ueth: slepe vntil the morning.* 1.8

14 ¶ And she lay at his fete vntil the morning: and she arose before one colde knowe ano∣ther: for he said, Let no man knowe, that a woman came in to the floore.

15 Also he said, bring the“ 1.9 shete that thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And when she helde it, he measured six (measures) of barly, and laied them on her, and went into the citie.

16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said,f 1.10 Who art thou, my daughter? And she tolde her all that the man had done to her.

17 And said, These six (measures) of barly gaue he me: for he said to me, Thou shalt not co∣me empty vnto thy mother in lawe.

18 Then said she, My daughter, sit stil, vntil thou knowe how the thing wil fall: for the man wil not be in rest, vntil he hathe finished the matter this same day.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Meaning, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 she Wolde pro∣uide her of an housband, with whome she might 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• “ 1.2

  Or, in the bar∣ne.
• b 1.3

  Boaz, not yet anie other.
• c 1.4

  That is, had re freshed himselfe among his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 uants.
• “ 1.5

  Or, turned him 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from one si∣de to another.
• d 1.6

  Thou she 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thyselfe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 time to time more vertuous.
• e 1.7

  If he wil take thee to be his wife by the title of affinitie, accor ding to Gods law,
• * 1.8

  Deut. 25 5.
• “ 1.9

  Or, mantel.
• f 1.10

  Perceyuing by her cominghome that he had not taken her to his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, she was astonied.