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| | <center><small>''Boaz acknowledges the duty of a kinsman to Ruth.<br/>His present to her.<br/>1312 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1268 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> | | <center><small>''Boaz acknowledges the duty of a kinsman to Ruth.<br/>His present to her.<br/>1312 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref><br/><span style="color:#800000">''1268 B.C. (?)''</span><ref>According to current historical and archaeological research.</ref></small></center> |
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| | '''1''' Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? | | '''1''' Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? |
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| | '''14''' And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. | | '''14''' And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. |
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| | '''16''' And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who ''art'' thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. | | '''16''' And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who ''art'' thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. |