‘ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?”
Ruth was filled with gratitude, and humbled herself, bowing deeply before him. Humbly she asked him why such an important man was condescending to take such notice of her. He must be aware that she was a foreigner (something the writer continually emphasises). Why then was she proving so favourable in his sight? Her words did not indicate suspicion, but merely an estimation of her own worth as compared with him.