CHIASM IN RUTH

Section 1: Family History (1.1-5)
Section 2: Kinship Ties (1.8-18), including a report of Noami to the women of Bethlehem (1.19-21)
Section 3: Five Elements
A. Ruth gets Naomi's sanction to glean (2.2)
B. Ruth goes to the fields (2.3)
C. Boaz seeks the identity of Ruth (2.4-7)
D. Boaz requests that Ruth stay, considers her worthy of blessing, gives her food, orders his men to cooperate (2.8-17)
E. Ruth returns to Naomi, recounts meeting, gets advice (2.18-23)

Section 4: Five Elements
A. Naomi sends Ruth to the threshing floor (3.1-5)
B. Ruth goes to the threshing floor (3.6)
C. Boaz seeks the identity of Ruth (3.7-9)
D. Boaz considers Ruth worthy of blessing, requests that she stay, gives her food, protects her from other men (3.10-15)
E. Ruth returns to Naomi, recounts meeting, gets advice (3.16-18)
Section 5: Kinship Ties (4.1-13), including a meeting of Naomi and the women of Bethlehem (4.14-17)
Section 6: Family History (4.18-22)

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