| 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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