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- Ruth 1 -
THE BOOK OF RUTH
CHAPTER 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, Intreat 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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