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 # It came about
 
-This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
+This phrase marks an important event that happens in the story. Some languages will not need to translate it.
 
 # at midnight
 
 "in the middle of the night"
 
-# was startled
+# right there a woman was lying at his feet
 
-It is not clear what startled Boaz. Perhaps he suddenly felt the cold air on his feet.
-
-# He turned over
-
-He looked to see what startled him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
-
-# a woman was lying at his feet
-
-The woman was Ruth, but Boaz could not recognize her in the darkness.
+This sentence expresses Boaz's surprise at seeing a woman there. She was Ruth, but Boaz did not recognize her in the darkness.