Ruth

During the days of the šōp̄ēṭîm, Elimelek and his family flee famine from Beit-Lechem to Mo'av, where he and his sons Mahlon and Kilion die, leaving Naomi widowed; she returns to Yehudah with her Moabite daughter-in-law Rut, who pledges loyalty: 'Where you go I will go... your God my God.'[1][2][8]

Rut gleans in the field of Bo'az, a relative of Elimelek, who protects and blesses her abundantly, instructing his servants to leave grain for her and praising her refuge under YHWH's wings.[1][2]

Naomi instructs Rut to approach Bo'az at the threshing floor; Rut uncovers his feet and asks him to spread his wing over her as a go'el, and Bo'az praises her kindness, promising to settle the matter while sending her away with grain.[1][2]

Bo'az redeems Naomi's land at the gate, securing the nearer kinsman's refusal by including marriage to Rut; they marry, Obed is born to Rut, who becomes grandfather to David through whom comes the line of the Messiah.[1][2][3]