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Naomi Returns to Judah

She and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard while living there[a] how the Lord had come to the aid of his people, giving them relief.[b] So she left the place where she had been, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they traveled along the return road to the land of Judah. But along the way,[c] Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you go back home. Return to your mother’s house. May the Lord show his gracious love to you, as you have shown me and our loved ones who have died.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:6 Lit. living in the country of Moab
  2. Ruth 1:6 Lit. bread or food
  3. Ruth 1:8 The Heb. lacks along the way
  4. Ruth 1:8 Lit. and the dead

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(B) by providing food(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(D) prepared to return home from there. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(E) May the Lord show you kindness,(F) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(G) and to me.

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