Ruth 2:2-7

² And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi , "Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor ." And she said to her, "Go , my daughter ." ³ So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers ; and she happened e to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz , who was of the family of Elimelech .

⁴ Now behold , Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers , " May the Lord be with you." And they said to him, "May the Lord bless you." ⁵ Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers , "Whose young woman is this ?" ⁶ The servant in charge of the reapers replied , "She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab . ⁷ "And she said , 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves .' Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now ; she has been sitting in the house for a little while ."