20. Naomi answered her, "May he be blessed by the Lord, because the same kindness which he provided for the living, he also kept for the dead." And again she said: "This man is our near relative."
21. And Ruth said, "He charged me with this also, that from now on I should join with his reapers until all the crop has been reaped."
22. And her mother-in-law said to her, "It is better, my daughter, to go out reaping with his young women, lest in a stranger's field someone may confront you."