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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 .
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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 .
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And Elimelech Naomi '
s husband died ;
and she was left ,
and her two sons .
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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 .
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And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them ;
and the woman was left of her two sons and 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 had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And they said unto her ,
Surely we will return with thee unto thy people .
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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 ?
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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 ;
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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 .
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And they lifted up their voice ,
and wept again :
and Orpah kissed her mother in law ;
but Ruth clave unto her .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her ,
then she left speaking unto her .
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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 ?
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And she said unto them ,
Call me not Naomi ,
call me Mara :
for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me .
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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 ?
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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 .