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1Once upon a time—it was back in the days when judges led Israel—there was a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah left home to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.H3117H8199H8199H7458H776H376H1035H3063H3212H1481H7704H4124H802H8147H1121 2The man's name was Elimelech; his wife's name was Naomi; his sons were named Mahlon and Kilion—all Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They all went to the country of Moab and settled there.H8034H376H458H8034H802H5281H8034H8147H1121H4248H3630H673H1035H3063H935H7704H4124 3Elimelech died and Naomi was left, she and her two sons.H458H5281H376H4191H7604H8147H1121 4The sons took Moabite wives; the name of the first was Orpah, the second Ruth. They lived there in Moab for the next ten years.H5375H802H802H4125H8034H259H6204H8034H8145H7327H3427H6235H8141 5But then the two brothers, Mahlon and Kilion, died. Now the woman was left without either her young men or her husband.H4248H3630H4191H8147H802H7604H8147H3206H376 6One day she got herself together, she and her two daughters-in-law, to leave the country of Moab and set out for home; she had heard that GOD had been pleased to visit his people and give them food.H6965H3618H7725H7704H4124H8085H7704H4124H3068H6485H5971H5414H3899 7And so she started out from the place she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law with her, on the road back to the land of Judah.H3318H4725H8147H3618H3212H1870H7725H776H3063 8After a short while on the road, Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, "Go back. Go home and live with your mothers. And may GOD treat you as graciously as you treated your deceased husbands and me.H5281H559H8147H3618H3212H7725H802H517H1004H3068H6213H2617H6213H4191 9May GOD give each of you a new home and a new husband!" She kissed them and they cried openly.H3068H5414H4672H4496H802H1004H376H5401H5375H6963H1058 10They said, "No, we're going on with you to your people."H559H7725H5971 11But Naomi was firm: "Go back, my dear daughters. Why would you come with me? Do you suppose I still have sons in my womb who can become your future husbands?H5281H559H7725H1323H3212H1121H4578H582 12Go back, dear daughters—on your way, please! I'm too old to get a husband. Why, even if I said, 'There's still hope!' and this very night got a man and had sons,H7725H1323H3212H2204H376H559H3426H8615H376H3915H3205H1121 13can you imagine being satisfied to wait until they were grown? Would you wait that long to get married again? No, dear daughters; this is a bitter pill for me to swallow—more bitter for me than for you. GOD has dealt me a hard blow."H7663H3860H1431H5702H3860H376H1323H4843H3966H3027H3068H3318 14Again they cried openly. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye; but Ruth embraced her and held on.H5375H6963H1058H6204H5401H2545H7327H1692 15Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back home to live with her own people and gods; go with her."H559H2994H7725H5971H430H7725H310H2994 16But Ruth said, "Don't force me to leave you; don't make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I'll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god;H7327H559H6293H5800H7725H310H3212H3212H3885H3885H5971H5971H430H430 17where you die, I'll die, and that's where I'll be buried, so help me GOD—not even death itself is going to come between us!"H4191H4191H6912H3068H6213H3254H4194H6504 18When Naomi saw that Ruth had her heart set on going with her, she gave in.H7200H553H3212H2308H1696 19And so the two of them traveled on together to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem the whole town was soon buzzing: "Is this really our Naomi? And after all this time!"H8147H3212H935H1035H935H1035H5892H1949H559H5281 20But she said, "Don't call me Naomi; call me Bitter. The Strong One has dealt me a bitter blow.H559H7121H5281H7121H4755H7706H3966H4843 21I left here full of life, and GOD has brought me back with nothing but the clothes on my back. Why would you call me Naomi? God certainly doesn't. The Strong One ruined me."H1980H4392H3068H7725H7387H7121H5281H3068H6030H7706H7489 22And so Naomi was back, and Ruth the foreigner with her, back from the country of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.H5281H7725H7327H4125H3618H7725H7704H4124H935H1035H8462H8184H7105


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