Verse 4
Ruth 1:4
World English Bible, British Edition
4
They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one
was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּ לָ/הֶ֗ם נָשִׁים֙ מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת שֵׁ֤ם הָֽ/אַחַת֙ עָרְפָּ֔ה וְ/שֵׁ֥ם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖ית ר֑וּת וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם כְּ/עֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים
English Translation
And they took for themselves Moabite women; the name of one was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.
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Chapter 1 Context
1
In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain
man of Bethlehem Judah...
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2
The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The
names of his two sons were Ma...
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3
Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
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4
They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one
was Orpah, and the name of...
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Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children
and of her husband.
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6
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the
country of Moab; for she ha...
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7
She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law
with her. They went on the way...
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8
Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her
mother’s house. May the LORD...
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9
May The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house
of her husband.”
Then she ki...
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10
They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
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11
Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with
me? Do I still have sons in my womb,...
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12
Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband.
If I should say, ‘I have hop...
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13
would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from
having husbands? No, my daugh...
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14
They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed
her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed wit...
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15
She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your
sister...
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16
Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following
you, for where you go, I will g...
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17
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May The LORD
do so to me, and more also, if a...
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18
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped
urging her.
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19
So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had
come to Bethlehem, all the city was ex...
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20
She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with...
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21
I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do
you call me Naomi, since the L...
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22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with
her, who returned out of the co...
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