⁴ Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!^(A)”

“The Lord bless you!^(B)” they answered.

¹⁷ “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!

¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’