Now there was a young man from (A)Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and (B)was staying there.

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A young Levite(A) from Bethlehem in Judah,(B) who had been living within the clan of Judah,

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Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab

Now it came to pass, in the days when (A)the judges [a]ruled, that there was (B)a famine in the land. And a certain man of (C)Bethlehem, Judah, went to [b]dwell in the country of (D)Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Lit. judged
  2. Ruth 1:1 As a resident alien

Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

In the days when the judges ruled,[a](A) there was a famine in the land.(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(D) in the country of Moab.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged