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Ruth 3:15

Generosity

13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

14 So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.

17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

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BSB
And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.
KJV
Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
WEB
He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; then he went into the city.
ASV
And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
DARBY
And he said, Bring the cloak that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And she held it, and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her; and he went into the city.
BLB
And he said, “Give the cloak that [is] on you, and hold it.” And she held it, and he measured six [measures] of barley and laid [it] on her, and he went into the city.
ÅB
Så sa han: Kom hit med den kåpe du har på, og hold i den! Og hun holdt i den, og han målte opp seks mål bygg og la det på hennes rygg; og hun gikk inn til byen.
OTB
Han sa: «Ta sjalet du har på deg og hold det ut.» Da hun holdt det, målte han seks mål bygg og la det på henne. Så gikk hun tilbake til byen.
B1930
Så sa han: Kom hit med den kåpe du har på, og hold i den! Og hun holdt i den, og han målte op seks mål bygg og la det på hennes rygg; og hun gikk inn til byen.

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