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Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the
days
when the
judges
ruled,
that there was a
famine
in the
land.
And a certain
man
of
Bethlehemjudah
°
went
to
sojourn
in the
country
of
Moab,
he, and his
wife,
and his
two
sons.
2
And the
name
of the
man
was
Elimelech,
and the
name
of his
wife
Naomi,
and the
name
of his
two
sons
Mahlon
and
Chilion,
Ephrathites
of
Bethlehemjudah.
And
they came
into
the country
of
Moab,
and
continued there.
3
And
Elimelech
Naomi's
husband
died;
and she was
left,
and her
two
sons.
4
And they
took
them
wives
of the
women
of
Moab;
the
name
of the
one
was
Orpah,
and the
name
of the
other
Ruth:
and they
dwelled
there about
ten
years.
5
And
Mahlon
and
Chilion
died
also
both
of them; and the
woman
was
left
of her
two
sons
and her
husband.
6
Then she
arose
with her daughters in
law,
that she might
return
from the
country
of
Moab:
for she had
heard
in the
country
of
Moab
how that the
Lord
had
visited
his
people
in
giving
them
bread.
7
Wherefore she went
forth
out of the
place
where she was, and her
two
daughters in
law
with her; and they
went
on the
way
to
return
unto the
land
of
Judah.
8
And
Naomi
said
unto her
two
daughters in
law,
Go,
return
each
to her
mother's
house:
the
LORD
deal
kindly
with you, as ye have
dealt
with the
dead,
and with me.
9
The
LORD
grant
you that ye may
find
rest,
each
of you in the
house
of her
husband.
Then she
kissed
them; and they lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept.
10
And they
said
unto her, Surely we will
return
with thee unto thy
people.
11
And
Naomi
said,
Turn
again,
my
daughters:
why will ye
go
with me? are there yet any more
sons
in my
womb,
that they may be your
husbands?
12
Turn
again,
my
daughters,
go
your way; for I am too
old
to have an
husband.
If I should
say,
I
have
hope,
if I should have an
husband
also to
night,
and should also
bear
sons;
13
Would ye
tarry
for
them
till they were
grown?
would ye
stay
for
them
from having
husbands?
nay, my
daughters;
for it
grieveth
me
much
for your sakes that the
hand
of the
LORD
is gone
out
against me.
14
And they lifted
up
their
voice,
and wept
again:
and
Orpah
kissed
her mother in
law;
but
Ruth
clave
unto her.
15
And she
said,
Behold, thy sister in
law
is gone
back
unto her
people,
and unto her
gods:
return
thou
after
thy sister in
law.
16
And
Ruth
said,
Entreat
me not to
leave
thee, or to
return
from following
after
thee: for whither thou
goest,
I will
go;
and where thou
lodgest,
I will
lodge:
thy
people
shall be my
people,
and thy
God
my
God:
17
Where thou
diest,
will I
die,
and there will I be
buried:
the
LORD
do
so to me, and
more
also, if ought but
death
part
thee and me.
18
When she
saw
that she was stedfastly
minded
to
go
with her, then she
left
speaking
unto her.
19
So they
two
went
until they
came
to
Bethlehem.
And it came to pass, when they were
come
to
Bethlehem,
that all the
city
was
moved
about them, and they
said,
Is this
Naomi?
20
And she
said
unto them,
Call
me not
Naomi,
call
me
Mara:
for the
Almighty
hath dealt
very
bitterly
with me.
21
I went
out
full,
and the
LORD
hath brought me home
again
empty:
why then
call
ye me
Naomi,
seeing the
LORD
hath
testified
against me, and the
Almighty
hath
afflicted
me?
22
So
Naomi
returned,
and
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
her daughter in
law,
with her, which
returned
out of the
country
of
Moab:
and they
came
to
Bethlehem
in the
beginning
of
barley
harvest.
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