7 Bible results for “bethlehem” from Common English Bible, Contemporary English Version, Living Bible, Easy-to-Read Version, and New Living Translation. Results 1-7. 
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  • Common English Bible

    The family in Moab

    During the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A man with his wife and two sons went from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in the territory of Moab.
  • Contemporary English Version

    Ruth Is Loyal to Naomi

    Before Israel was ruled by kings, Elimelech from the clan of Ephrath lived in the town of Bethlehem. His wife was named Naomi, and their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. But when their crops failed in Israel, they moved to the country of Moab. And while they were there,
  • Living Bible
    Long ago when judges ruled in Israel, a man named Elimelech, from Bethlehem, left the country because of a famine and moved to the land of Moab. With him were his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion.
  • Easy-to-Read Version

    Famine in Judah

    Long ago, during the time the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah. He, his wife, and his two sons moved to the country of Moab.
  • New Living Translation

    Elimelech Moves His Family to Moab

    In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
  • Common English Bible
    The name of that man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the territory of Moab and settled there.
  • Easy-to-Read Version
    The man’s wife was named Naomi, and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. They were from the Ephrathah family of Bethlehem in Judah. The family traveled to the hill country of Moab and stayed there.
  • New Living Translation
    The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.
  • Common English Bible
    So both of them went along until they arrived at Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem, the whole town was excited on account of them, and the women of the town asked, “Can this be Naomi?”
  • Contemporary English Version
    They reached Bethlehem, and the whole town was excited to see them. The women who lived there asked, “Can this really be Naomi?”
  • Living Bible
    So they both came to Bethlehem, and the entire village was stirred by their arrival. “Is it really Naomi?” the women asked.
  • Easy-to-Read Version
    Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to the town of Bethlehem. When the two women entered Bethlehem, all the people were very excited. They said, “Is this Naomi?”
  • New Living Translation
    So the two of them continued on their journey. When they came to Bethlehem, the entire town was excited by their arrival. “Is it really Naomi?” the women asked.
  • Common English Bible
    Thus Naomi returned. And Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, returned with her from the territory of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • Contemporary English Version
    The barley harvest was just beginning when Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, arrived in Bethlehem.
  • Living Bible
    (Their return from Moab and arrival in Bethlehem was at the beginning of the barley harvest.)
  • Easy-to-Read Version
    So Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth, the Moabite, came back from the hill country of Moab. These two women came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • New Living Translation
    So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
  • Common English Bible
    Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He said to the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you.” And they said to him, “May the Lord bless you.”
  • Contemporary English Version
    When Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and went out to his field, he said to the harvest workers, “The Lord bless you!” They replied, “And may the Lord bless you!”
  • Easy-to-Read Version
    Later, Boaz came to the field from Bethlehem and greeted his workers. He said, “The Lord be with you!” And the workers answered, “And may the Lord bless you!”
  • New Living Translation
    While she was there, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters. “The Lord be with you!” he said. “The Lord bless you!” the harvesters replied.
  • Common English Bible
    Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord grant that the woman who is coming into your household be like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel. May you be fertile in Ephrathah and may you preserve a name in Bethlehem.
  • Contemporary English Version
    The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the Lord will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.
  • Living Bible
    And all the people standing there and the witnesses replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who has now come into your home, as fertile as Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you be a great and successful man in Bethlehem,
  • Easy-to-Read Version
    So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, “We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem!
  • New Living Translation
    Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.
Common English Bible (CEB)

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Contemporary English Version (CEV)

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Living Bible (TLB)

The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


19 topical index results for “bethlehem”

FATHER-IN-LAW : Hospitable to son-in-law, a man of Bethlehem-judah (Judges 19:3-9)
JACOB : Journeys to Ephrath; Benjamin is born to; Rachel dies; and is "buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem," (Genesis 35:16-19;48:7)
JONATHAN : A Levite of Bethlehem, who becomes a priest for Micah; accepts idolatry; joins the Danites (Judges 17:7-13;18:1-30)
ISRAEL » UNDER THE JUDGES » Scandal of the Bethlehemite's concubine, and the consequent war between the Benjamites and the other tribes (Judges 19;;)
JESUS, THE CHRIST » HISTORY OF » Birth of (at Bethlehem) (Luke 2:1-7)
JESUS, THE CHRIST » HISTORY OF » Angels appear to the shepherds (in the vicinity of Bethlehem) (Luke 2:8-20)
JESUS, THE CHRIST » HISTORY OF » Magi (the wise men from the east) visit (at Bethlehem) (Matthew 2:1-12)
JESUS, THE CHRIST » HISTORY OF » Circumcision of (at Bethlehem) (Luke 2:21)
JOSEPH » Husband of Mary » Belongs to the town of Bethlehem (Luke 2:4)
JOSEPH » Husband of Mary » Goes to Bethlehem to be enrolled (Luke 2:1-4)
MIRACLES » CATALOGUE OF » The appearance of the star over Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-9)
PROPHECY » MISCELLANEOUS, FULFILLED » Rachel weeping for her children (the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem predicted and fulfilled) (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:17,18)
RULERS » WICKED » Herod the Great, killing the infants in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16-18)