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And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he will perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
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And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came to the floor.
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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.
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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.
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And she said, These six [measures] of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
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Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou knowest how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he hath finished the thing this day.