Ruth

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1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab dieth there, as do also his sons Mahlon and Chilion, who had married Moabitish wives. 6 Naomi the wife of Elimelech prepareth to return, but dissuadeth her daughters in law from going with her; of whom Orpah leaveth her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanieth her. 19 They two come to Bethlehem, where the inhabitants flock around with enquiries concerning them.

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NOW it came to pass ain the days when the judges 1ruled, that there bwas a famine in the land. And a certain man of cBeth-lehem-judah dwent to *sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

a Ju. 3; 2.16.
b Ge. 12.10; 43.1. Ju. 6.4-6. 2Ki. 8.1. Ps. 33.18,19; 107.34. De. 28.23,24.
c Ju. 17.8.
d Ps. 120.5. v.4.
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And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, eEphrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and 2continued there.

e Ge. 35.19. Mi. 5.2. Ju. 17.7,8; 19.1,2,18. 1Sa. 17.12. 1Ch. 4.4.
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And fElimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

f Ps. 34.19. 2Ki. 4.1.
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And they gtook them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was hOrpah, and the name of the other iRuth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

g De. 7.3; 23.3. Ne. 13.1. 1Ki. 11.1,2.
h v.14.
i Mat. 1.5. ch. 2-4.
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And jMahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

j Le. 26.16. De. 32.35,36,39. Ps. 34.19; 89.30-32. Je. 2.19.
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¶Then kshe arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had lvisited his mpeople in giving them bread.

k Ho. 2.6-14; 5.15; 14.1-3. Ps. 73.27,28; 68.5.
l Ge. 21.1. Ex. 3.16. 1Sa. 2.21. Lu. 1.68. Ps. 103.8,9.
m Mat. 6.11. Pr. 30.8. 1Ti. 6.8. Ps. 132.15.
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Wherefore she nwent forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

n Ex. 18.27. v.10,14. Pr. 17.17.
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And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, oreturn each to her mother's house: pthe LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with qthe dead, and with me.

o ch. 2.11. Phi. 4.8.
p 2Ti. 1.17,18. Ep. 5.22. Col. 3.18. Jos. 2.12,14. Ju. 1.24.
q v.5. ch. 2.20.
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The LORD grant you that ye rmay find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then sshe kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

r ch. 3.1. Ep. 5.22.
s Ge. 29.11; 31.28,55. v.14.
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And they said unto her, Surely we will treturn with thee unto thy people.

t Ps. 16.3; 119.63.
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And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, uthat they may be your husbands?

u De. 25.5. Ge. 38.11.
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Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am vtoo old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, 3if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

v 1Ti. 5.9. Ge. 17.17; 18.11,12.
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Would ye 4tarry for them till they were grown? would ye *stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for 5it grieveth me much for your sakes wthat the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

w Job 19.21. Ps. 32.4; 38.2; 39.9,10.
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And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah xkissed her mother in law; but Ruth y*clave unto her.

x v.9. Ge. 31.28. 1Ki. 19.20. 2Ti. 4.10. Phi. 3.19. He. 10.38.
y Pr. 17.17. He. 10.39. Mat. 16.24; 10.37; 19.27,29. 1Ki. 19.20.
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And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: zreturn thou after thy sister in law.

z Jos. 24.15. 2Ki. 2.2-6. Lu. 24.28.
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And Ruth asaid, 6Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: bthy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

a Ac. 21.13. Mat. 16.23,24. 1Th. 1.6,9. 2Co. 6.14-18.
b ch. 2.11,12.
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Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: cthe LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

c 1Sa. 3.17; 14.44; 20.13; 25.22. 2Sa. 3.9,35; 19.13. 1Ki. 2.23; 19.2; 20.10. 2Ki. 6.31. Ga. 2.20. Ac. 11.23.
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When she saw that she 7was stedfastly minded to go with her, dthen she left speaking unto her.

d Ac. 21.14.
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¶So they two went until they came to eBeth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that fall the city was moved about them, and they said, gIs this Naomi?

e v.1,2. Ge. 35.19. Ju. 12.8; 17.7-9. 1Sa. 16.1,4. 2Ch. 11.6. Mi. 5.2. Mat. 2.1,16. Jn. 7.42.
f Mat. 21.10.
g La. 2.15. Job 2.12.
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And she said unto them, Call me not 8Naomi, call me 9Mara: for the Almighty hath hdealt very bitterly with me.

h He. 12.11. La. 3.1-20. Ps. 73.14; 88.1-18. Job 19; 27.2; 30.
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I went out full, iand the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath jtestified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

i Job 1.21.
j Job 10.17; 13.26; 16.8. Mal. 3.5. Ja. 5.3. De. 19.15.
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So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and kthey came to Beth-lehem lin the beginning of barley harvest.

k Ps. 91.11. Le. 23.10. Ge. 22.14. De. 32.36. 1Co. 10.13.
l 2Sa. 21.9. ch. 2.23.