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 Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 1 Gen 12:10Gen 26:1Ezk 14:132Ki 8:1-2Deu 28:38Gen 43:1Jdg 17:8Jol 1:16-20 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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 2 Gen 35:191Sa 17:21Mic 5:21Sa 1:1 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Psa 34:192Ki 4:1Heb 12:10-11Heb 12:6 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. Mat 1:5Deu 7:31Ki 11:1-2Deu 23:3 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Deu 32:39Psa 89:30-32Isa 49:21Jer 2:19Luk 7:12Mat 22:25-27
¶ 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. Psa 132:15Psa 111:5Exo 3:16Exo 4:311Sa 2:21Exo 16:4-6Isa 55:10Jer 29:10 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. 2Ki 8:3Exo 18:27Rut 1:10Rut 1:14 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. Rut 1:5Rut 2:20Col 3:18Col 3:24Eph 6:2-3Eph 5:22Jos 24:15-282Ti 1:16-18 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. Rut 3:1Act 20:37Gen 29:11Gen 27:27Gen 45:15 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. Zec 8:23Psa 119:63Psa 16:3 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? Deu 25:5Gen 38:11 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; 3 Gen 17:171Ti 5:9 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. 4 5 Job 19:21Psa 32:4Jdg 2:15Psa 38:2Psa 39:9-101Sa 5:11Deu 2:15 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. Pro 18:24Mat 16:24Mat 10:37Heb 10:39Jhn 6:66-69Mat 19:221Ki 19:20Deu 10:20 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. Jdg 11:24Zep 1:62Ki 2:2Jos 24:15Psa 125:51Jn 2:192Sa 15:19-20Heb 10:38 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: 6 2Sa 15:21Rut 2:11-122Ki 2:2-6Psa 45:10Mat 8:19Jhn 13:371Th 1:9Isa 14:1 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. 1Sa 3:171Ki 2:232Ki 6:312Sa 19:131Ki 20:101Sa 25:222Sa 3:351Ki 19:2 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 7 Act 21:14Act 2:42Eph 6:10
¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? Mat 21:10Isa 23:7Lam 2:15 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 8 9 Job 6:4Heb 12:11Psa 88:15Isa 38:13Job 19:6Lam 3:1-20Psa 73:14Job 5:17 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? 1Sa 2:7-8Job 1:21Job 13:26Job 16:8Job 10:17Mal 3:5 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 Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest. Rut 2:232Sa 21:9Exo 9:31-32