Boaz invited Ruth to eat with the workers and gave her bread to dip in wine, along with roasted grain. Ruth ate and had some left over. The meal is described in Ruth 2:14.
In Ruth 2:14–16 Boaz moves from general permission to personal care. He invites Ruth into the workers’ meal, makes sure she is served, and she eats until satisfied with leftovers. Then, as she returns to gather grain, Boaz quietly orders his field hands to give her unusually favorable access and protection. This scene follows Boaz’s first conversation with Ruth in the field, where he has already promised safety, water, and continued access to glean (2:8–13). The narrative now shows those promises becoming concrete during the workday: a shared meal, then instructions to the workers.
The scene shows Boaz moving from general permission to unusually personal care. He includes Ruth in the midday meal, makes sure she is served, and the narrator underlines the result: she eats until satisfied and even has leftovers (explicit).
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Start with Ruth 2:14, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
14At meal-time Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was sufficed, and left of it.