Verse 1
Ruth 1:1
World English Bible
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In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֗י בִּ/ימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֔ים וַ/יְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ אִ֜ישׁ מִ/בֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה לָ/גוּר֙ בִּ/שְׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב ה֥וּא וְ/אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י בָנָֽי/ו
English Translation
And it came to pass in the days of the judges that there was a famine in the land, and a man went from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in the fields of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
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Chapter 1 Context
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In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah...
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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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Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
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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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Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she ha...
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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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Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh de...
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May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.”
Then she kiss...
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They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
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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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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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would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daugh...
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They lifted up their voices, and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined wi...
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She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your siste...
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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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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if any...
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When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
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So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was ex...
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She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with...
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I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh...
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So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the co...
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