Outline of Ruth I. Ruth deciding 1:1-22 A. The setting: the sojourn in Moab in the days of the judges 1:1-5 B. The return to Bethlehem 1:6-22 II. Ruth serving 2:1-23 A. The kindness of Boaz toward Ruth 2:1-17 B. The concern of Naomi 2:18-23 III. Ruth resting 3:1-18 A. Naomi's plan and its success 3:1-15 B. Naomi's further counsel 3:16-18 IV. Ruth's reward 4:1-22 A. Boaz, the kinsman redeemer 4:1-12 B. The marriage of Ruth and Boaz 4:13-16 C. The posterity of Ruth and Boaz 4:17-22