The Book of Ruth

1 Elimelech goeth with his wife and children into the land of Moab. 3 He and his sons die. 19 Naomi and Ruth come to Bethlehem.

In the time that the Judges [a]ruled, there was a dearth in the [b]land, and a man of Bethlehem [c]Judah went for to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Hebrew, judged.
  2. Ruth 1:1 In the land of Canaan.
  3. Ruth 1:1 In the tribe of Judah, which was also called Bethlehem Ephrathah, because there was another city so called in the tribe of Zebulun.

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