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vw@Ruth: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 Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the land of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

vw@Ruth:1:2 @ The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the land of Moab and remained there.

vw@Ruth:1:3 @ Then Elimelech, Naomis husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

vw@Ruth:1:4 @ And they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

vw@Ruth:1:5 @ Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two children and her husband.

vw@Ruth:1:6 @ 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 Jehovah had visited His people by giving them bread.

vw@Ruth:1:7 @ Therefore she went out 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.

vw@Ruth:1:8 @ And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mothers house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

vw@Ruth:1:9 @ Jehovah grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

vw@Ruth:1:10 @ And they said to her, Surely we will return with you to your people.

vw@Ruth:1:11 @ And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

vw@Ruth:1:12 @ Turn back, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,

vw@Ruth:1:13 @ would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of Jehovah has gone out against me!

vw@Ruth:1:14 @ And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

vw@Ruth:1:15 @ And she said, Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.

vw@Ruth:1:16 @ But Ruth said: Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

vw@Ruth:1:17 @ Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.

vw@Ruth:1:18 @ When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

vw@Ruth:1:19 @ So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was in a stir because of them; and they said, Is this Naomi?

vw@Ruth:1:20 @ And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

vw@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me back home empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Jehovah has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

vw@Ruth:1:22 @ Thus Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the land of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

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