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Then Naomi set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the territory of Moab, because while she was in the territory of Moab, she had heard that the Lord had graciously visited[a] his people by providing them with food. So she left the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law left with her. They set out on the road to return to the land of Judah.

But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back. Both of you return to your mother’s house. May the Lord show you kindness[b] as you have shown kindness to the dead and to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:6 When God visits people, he comes to bring blessing or correction. Here, obviously, it is blessing.
  2. Ruth 1:8 Or faithfulness