that ye may find reft, each of you in the houfe of her husband. Then the kiffed them. And they lifted up their voice and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And Naomi faid, Turn again, my daughters; why will ye go with me? are there yet any more fons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your ways: for I am too old to have an husband. If I fhould fay, I have hope, if I fhould have an husband alfo to night, and should also bear fons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye ftay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieved me much for your fakes, that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. 14 And they lift up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kiffed her motherin-law: but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And fhe faid, Behold, thy lifter-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods return thou after thy lifter-in-law. me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goeft, I will go; and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou dieft will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do fo to me, and more alfo, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was ftedfaftly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them; and they faid, Is this Naomi ? 20 And the faid unto them, Call me not Naomi; call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, feeing the Lord hath teftified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, which returned out of the country of Moab. And they came came to Beth-lehem in the you, let me glean, and ga beginning of barley-harveft. A CHAP. II. ther after the reapers, among the fheaves: fo fhe came, and hath continued even from ND Naomi had a kinf-the morning until now, that man of her husband's, fhe tarried a little in the a mighty man of wealth, of houfe. the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitefs faid unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whofe fight I fhall find grace. And fhe faid unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And fhe went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 8 Then faid Boaz unto Ruth, Heareft thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here faft by my maidens : 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they fhall not touch thee? and when thou art athirft, go unto the veffels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then fhe fell on her 4 And behold, Boaz face, and bowed herself to came from Beth-lehem, and the ground, and faid unto faid unto the reapers, The him, Why have I found Lord be with you and they grace in thine eyes, that anfwered him, The Lord thou shouldest take knowbless thee. ledge of me, feeing I am a ftranger? 5 Then faid Boaz unto his fervant that was fet over the reapers, Whofe damfel is this? 6 And the fervant that was fet over the reapers, anfwered and faid, It is the Moabitish damfel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And the faid, I pray f II And Boaz answered, and faid unto her, It hath fully been fhewn me all that thou haft done unto thy mo ther-in-law fince the death of thine hufband: and how thou haft left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou kneweft 04 kneweft not heretofore. 12 The Lord recompenfe thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Ifrael, under whofe wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then the faid, Let me find favour in thy fight, my lord for that thou haft comforted me, and for that thou haft fpoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Boaz faid unto her, At meal-time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morfel in the vinegar. And she fat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and the did eat, and was fufficed, and left. 15 And when he was rifen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, faying, Let her glean even among the fheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fall also some of the handfuls on purpose for her, and leave them that the may glean them, and rebuke "her not. 17 So fhe gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that he had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And fhe took it up, and went into the city. And her mother-in-law faw what fhe had gleaned. And she brought forth and gave to her that he had reserved after fhe was fufficed. 19 And her mother-inlaw faid unto her, Where haft thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou? bleffed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And fhe fhewed her mother-inlaw with whom fhe had wrought, and faid, The man's name with whom I have wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi faid unto her daughter-in-law, Bleffed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi faid unto her, the man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitefs faid, He faid unto me alfo, Thou fhalt keep faft by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi faid unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So fhe kept faft by the maidens of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley-harveft, and of wheat-harveft; and dwelt with her motherin-law. From A From the First Book of SAMUEL. CHAP. II. ND Hannah prayed, and faid, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies: because I rejoice in thy falvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none befide thee: neither is there any rock like our God. the beggar from the dunghill, 9 He will keep the feet of his faints, and the wicked fhall be filent in darkness: for by ftrength fhall no man prevail. 10 The adverfaries of the 3 Talk no more fo ex-Lord fhall be broken to pieceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of mouth for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. ces: out of heaven fhall he thunder upon your them: the Lord 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with ftrength. 5 They that were full, have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased; fo that the barren hath borne feven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. fhall judge the ends of the earth; and he fhall give ftrength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his houfe: and the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the fons of Eli were fons of Belial: they knew not the Lord. 13 And the priest's cuftom with the people was, that when any man offered facrifice, the prieft's fervant came, 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to the grave, and bring-while the flesh was in feeth eth up. 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the duft, and lifteth up ing, with a flesh hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he ftruck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot: all that the fleshhook brought up, the priest took took for himself. So they Hannah, fo that the con did in Shiloh, unto all the Ifraelites that came thither. 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the prieft's fervant came, and faid to the man that facrificed, Give flesh to roaft for the prieft: for he will not have fodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man faid unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy foul defireth; then he would anfwer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the fin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 But Samuel miniftered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover, his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when the came up with her husband to offer the yearly facrifice. 20 And Eli bleffed Elkanah and his wife, and faid, The Lord give thee feed of this woman, for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the Lord vifited ceived and bare three fons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. 22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his fons did unto all Ifrael; and how they lay with the women that affembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 23 And he faid unto them, Why do ye fuch things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my fons for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to tranfgrefs. 25 If one man fin against another, the judge fhall judge him but if a man fin against the Lord, who fhall intreat for him? notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would flay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and alfo with men. 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and faid unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him ou of all the tribes of Ifrael |