Ruth

What the Bible says

Ruth 1:4-5, 16; Ruth 4:10

⁴And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years. ⁵And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband. ¹⁶She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

Ruth 2:3, 17-18

³She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. ¹⁷She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels: ¹⁸Which she took up and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.

Ruth 4:13, 17; Matthew 1:5

¹³Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son. ¹⁷And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.