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Naomi Widowed |
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| Ruth 1:1 |
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Now it came about in the days when the judges
governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem
in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. |
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| Ruth 1:2 |
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The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name
of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites
of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there. |
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| Ruth 1:3 |
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Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she
was left with her two sons. |
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| Ruth 1:4 |
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They took for themselves Moabite women as wives;
the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there
about ten years. |
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| Ruth 1:5 |
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Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and
the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband. |
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| Ruth 1:6 |
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Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that
she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab
that the LORD had visited His people in giving them food. |
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| Ruth 1:7 |
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So she departed from the place where she was,
and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the
land of Judah. |
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| Ruth 1:8 |
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And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law,
"Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you
as you have dealt with the dead and with me. |
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| Ruth 1:9 |
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May the LORD grant that you may find rest, each
in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices
and wept. |
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| Ruth 1:10 |
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And they said to her, " No, but we will surely
return with you to your people." |
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| Ruth 1:11 |
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But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should
you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? |
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| Ruth 1:12 |
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Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to
have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight
and also bear sons, |
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| Ruth 1:13 |
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would you therefore wait until they were grown?
Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is harder
for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me." |
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Ruth's Loyalty |
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| Ruth 1:14 |
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And they lifted up their voices and wept again;
and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. |
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| Ruth 1:15 |
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Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has
gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law." |
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| Ruth 1:16 |
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But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you
or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge,
I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. |
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| Ruth 1:17 |
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Where you die, I will die, and there I will
be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts
you and me." |
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| Ruth 1:18 |
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When she saw that she was determined to go with
her, she said no more to her. |
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| Ruth 1:19 |
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So they both went until they came to Bethlehem.
And when they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was stirred because of them,
and the women said, "Is this Naomi?" |
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| Ruth 1:20 |
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She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call
me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. |
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| Ruth 1:21 |
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I went out full, but the LORD has brought me
back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has witnessed against me
and the Almighty has afflicted me?" |
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| Ruth 1:22 |
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So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess,
her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem
at the beginning of barley harvest. |
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