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Then Ruth bowed herself to the ground , and said : `` Why have I found such favour in thine eyes , seeing I am a stranger ? '' And Boaz answered her : `` It hath been showed me all that thou hast done to thy mother . '' So , all day , Ruth gleaned in Boaz 's fields . At noon she ate bread and parched corn with the others . Boaz commanded his reapers to let fall large handfuls of grain , as they worked , for Ruth to gather , and at night she took it all home to Naomi . `` Where hast thou gleaned to-day ? '' asked Naomi , when she saw the food that Ruth had brought to her .