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They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ruth/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ruth/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ruth/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ruth/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ruth/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the fields of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ruth/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ruth/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ruth/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi came back from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ruth/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ruth/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The barley harvest was just beginning when Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, arrived in Bethlehem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ruth/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ruth/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Naomi came back from the country of Moab, Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, came along with her. They happened to enter Bethlehem just when the barley harvest began.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ruth/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This, then, was how Naomi came back from Moab with Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the barley harvest was just beginning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ruth/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned to Bethlehem from the country of Moab, along with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite woman. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ruth/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ruth/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ruth/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ruth/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ruth/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ruth/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Naomi turns back, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who has turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ruth/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ruth/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Naomi will turn back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law, with her, turned back from the field of Moab: and they came to the house of bread in the beginning of the harvest of barley.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ruth/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So Noemi came with Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law, from the land of her sojournment: and returned into Bethlehem, in the beginning of the barley harvest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ruth/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, Naomi went with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojourn, and returned to Bethlehem, at the time of the first reaping of the barley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ruth/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus it was that Naomi came back with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who accompanied her back from the plateau of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ruth/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Naomi returned together with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ruth/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, for she was wholeheartedly willing to return with her, and they came from the land of Moab at the beginning of the barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ruth/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Namei returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law with her, who was determined to return with her with her whole heart, and they came from the land of Moab on the first of the barley harvest <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ruth/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the field of Moab--and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ruth/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So Noemin and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethleem in the beginning of barley harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ruth/1-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT1nlCXT1mU?start=218" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">The Return to Bethlehem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.” <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5281.htm" title="5281: nā·‘o·mî (N-proper-fs) -- Mother-in-law of Ruth. From no'am; pleasant; Noomi, an Israelitess.">So Naomi</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wat·tā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">returned</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: miś·śə·ḏê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">from the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">of Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·māh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: haš·šā·ḇāh (Art:: V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3618.htm" title="3618: ḵal·lā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Daughter-in-law, bride. From kalal; a bride; hence, a son's wife.">her daughter-in-law</a> <a href="/hebrew/7327.htm" title="7327: wə·rūṯ (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Friendship, a Moabite ancestress of David. Probably for r'uwth; friend; Ruth, a Moabitess.">Ruth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4125.htm" title="4125: ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Feminine Mownabiyah; or Mowabiyth; patronymical from Mow'ab; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. A descendant from Moab.">the Moabitess.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm·māh (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">And they</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">arrived</a> <a href="/hebrew/1035.htm" title="1035: bêṯ (Prep) -- From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1035.htm" title="1035: le·ḥem (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and lechem; house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine.">in Bethlehem</a> <a href="/hebrew/8462.htm" title="8462: biṯ·ḥil·laṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- A beginning. From chalal in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. Original.">at the beginning</a> <a href="/hebrew/8184.htm" title="8184: śə·‘ō·rîm (N-fp) -- Barley. Or snowrah; and; also s or; or s-owr; from sa'ar in the sense of roughness; barley.">of the barley</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qə·ṣîr (N-msc) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">harvest.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/2-1.htm">Ruth 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. / And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. / So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm">Ruth 4:13-17</a></span><br />So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. / Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel. / He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5-6</a></span><br />Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, / and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-9.htm">Deuteronomy 16:9-12</a></span><br />You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. / And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, / and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Leviticus 23:22</a></span><br />When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1-2</a></span><br />Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. / He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-14.htm">2 Samuel 21:14</a></span><br />And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-10</a></span><br />One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5-6</a></span><br />Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. / He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-3</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, / to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12-14</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. / Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow. / I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-11.htm">Hosea 6:11</a></span><br />Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Joel 1:11-12</a></span><br />Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-15</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-12.htm">Micah 4:12-13</a></span><br />But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. / Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/2-23.htm">Revelation 2:23</a></b></br> And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Exodus 9:31,32</a></b></br> And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley <i>was</i> in the ear, and the flax <i>was</i> bolled… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-9.htm">2 Samuel 21:9</a></b></br> And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell <i>all</i> seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first <i>days</i>, in the beginning of barley harvest.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/50-7.htm">Accompanied</a> <a href="/acts/25-1.htm">Arriving</a> <a href="/judges/7-13.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/ruth/2-23.htm">Barley-Harvest</a> <a href="/judges/20-32.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/ruth/1-19.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/ruth/1-19.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Commencement</a> <a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Country</a> <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-12.htm">Daughter-In-Law</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/ruth/1-15.htm">Law</a> <a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-26.htm">Moabitess</a> <a href="/ruth/1-21.htm">Naomi</a> <a href="/ruth/1-21.htm">Na'omi</a> <a href="/ruth/1-18.htm">Ruth</a> <a href="/ruth/1-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/10-26.htm">Accompanied</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-2.htm">Arriving</a> <a href="/ruth/2-17.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/ruth/2-23.htm">Barley-Harvest</a> <a href="/ruth/3-10.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/ruth/2-4.htm">Bethlehem</a> <a href="/ruth/2-4.htm">Beth-Lehem</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">Commencement</a> <a href="/ruth/2-6.htm">Country</a> <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Daughter-In-Law</a> <a href="/ruth/2-21.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/ruth/2-11.htm">Law</a> <a href="/ruth/2-6.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Moabitess</a> <a href="/ruth/2-1.htm">Naomi</a> <a href="/ruth/2-1.htm">Na'omi</a> <a href="/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth</a> <a href="/ruth/2-3.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ruth/3-8.htm">Turneth</a><div class="vheading2">Ruth 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-4.htm">Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Naomi, returning homeward</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ruth/1-19.htm">The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Moab was a region east of the Dead Sea, often at odds with Israel. The Moabites descended from Lot (<a href="/genesis/19-37.htm">Genesis 19:37</a>), and their relationship with Israel was complex, involving both conflict and cooperation. Naomi's return signifies a move from a place of loss and foreignness back to her homeland, symbolizing repentance and restoration. This return is reminiscent of the prodigal son’s return in <a href="/luke/15.htm">Luke 15</a>, highlighting themes of redemption and hope.<p><b>with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess</b><br>Ruth's identity as a Moabitess is crucial, emphasizing her foreign status and the cultural barriers she faces. Despite being a Moabite, Ruth's loyalty to Naomi and her faith in the God of Israel set her apart. Her inclusion in the lineage of David and ultimately Jesus (<a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>) underscores the theme of God's grace extending beyond Israel. Ruth's story prefigures the inclusion of Gentiles into the covenant community, as seen in the New Testament (<a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a>).<p><b>And they arrived in Bethlehem</b><br>Bethlehem, meaning "house of bread," is significant both geographically and theologically. It is the birthplace of King David (<a href="/1_samuel/16.htm">1 Samuel 16:1</a>) and later Jesus Christ (<a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a>; <a href="/matthew/2.htm">Matthew 2:1</a>). The arrival in Bethlehem sets the stage for the unfolding of God's providential plan. The town's name foreshadows the provision and sustenance that will come through Ruth's story, ultimately leading to the birth of the Messiah.<p><b>at the beginning of the barley harvest</b><br>The timing of their arrival is providential, as the barley harvest marks a season of renewal and provision. This period, occurring around April, is significant for the unfolding narrative, as it provides the setting for Ruth's meeting with Boaz (<a href="/ruth/2.htm">Ruth 2:1-3</a>). The harvest symbolizes new beginnings and God's provision, paralleling the spiritual renewal and hope that Naomi and Ruth will experience. The harvest theme is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the fields being ripe for harvest (<a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a>), symbolizing the readiness of people to receive the gospel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/naomi.htm">Naomi</a></b><br>A Jewish woman who, after the death of her husband and sons in Moab, returns to Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law Ruth. Her name means "pleasant" in Hebrew, but she later asks to be called Mara, meaning "bitter," due to her life's hardships.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/r/ruth_the_moabitess.htm">Ruth the Moabitess</a></b><br>A Moabite woman, widow of Naomi's son, who shows loyalty and faithfulness by choosing to stay with Naomi and adopt her people and God as her own. Her name means "friend" or "companion."<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A region east of the Dead Sea, historically an enemy of Israel. Ruth's origin from Moab highlights her outsider status and the grace extended to her.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethlehem.htm">Bethlehem</a></b><br>A town in Judah, meaning "house of bread" in Hebrew. It is significant as the birthplace of King David and later Jesus Christ. Naomi and Ruth's return here marks a new beginning.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/barley_harvest.htm">Barley Harvest</a></b><br>The time of year when Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem, symbolizing a season of provision and hope. It is the first harvest of the agricultural year, indicating a time of renewal and sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_and_loyalty.htm">Faithfulness and Loyalty</a></b><br>Ruth's commitment to Naomi exemplifies steadfast love and loyalty, encouraging believers to remain faithful in relationships and commitments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_providence.htm">God's Providence</a></b><br>The timing of their arrival at the barley harvest shows God's providential care, reminding us that God orchestrates events for His purposes and our good.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/redemption_and_inclusion.htm">Redemption and Inclusion</a></b><br>Ruth's inclusion in the community of Israel and the lineage of Christ demonstrates God's redemptive plan and the inclusion of all people, regardless of background, in His kingdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_hardship.htm">Hope in Hardship</a></b><br>Naomi's return to Bethlehem, despite her bitterness, signifies hope and renewal, teaching us to trust God even in difficult times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ruth_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ruth 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_ruth_show_loyalty_to_naomi.htm">How did Ruth show loyalty to Naomi?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_land_of_the_living.htm">What is Bethlehem's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_bethlehem's_biblical_role.htm">What is Bethlehem's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_ruth_stay,_but_orpah_leave.htm">Why did Ruth stay with Naomi while Orpah left?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ruth/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Barley-harvest.</span>--God had restored plenty to His people, and the wayfarers thus arrive to witness and receive their share of the blessing. The barley harvest was the earliest (<a href="/context/exodus/9-31.htm" title="And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.">Exodus 9:31-32</a>), and would ordinarily fall about the end of April.<p><span class= "bld">II.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ruth/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So Naomi returned.</span> The narrator pauses to recapitulate his narrative of the return, and hence the recapitulatory <span class="accented">so</span> is, in English, very much to be preferred to the merely additive <span class="accented">and</span> of the original. <span class="cmt_word">And Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the land of Moab.</span> The cumulative and apparently redundant expression, "who returned out of the land of Moab," is remarkable, at once for its simplicity and for its inexactitude. Ruth, strictly speaking, had not returned, but she took part in' Naomi's return. <span class="cmt_word">And they arrived in Bethlehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.</span> Barley ripened before wheat, and began to be reaped sometimes as early as March, but generally in April, or Abib. By the time that the barley-harvest was finished the wheat crop would be ready for the sickle. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ruth/1-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Naomi</span><br /><span class="heb">נָעֳמִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(nā·‘o·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5281.htm">Strong's 5281: </a> </span><span class="str2">Naomi -- mother-in-law of Ruth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">returned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּ֣שָׁב</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the land</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְּׂדֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(miś·śə·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her daughter-in-law</span><br /><span class="heb">כַלָּתָהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḵal·lā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3618.htm">Strong's 3618: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daughter-in-law, bride</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Ruth</span><br /><span class="heb">וְר֨וּת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7327.htm">Strong's 7327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruth -- 'friendship', a Moabite ancestress of David</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Moabitess.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mō·w·’ă·ḇî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4125.htm">Strong's 4125: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moabite -- descendant of Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And they</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵ֗מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hêm·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arrived</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֚אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Bethlehem</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֔חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1035.htm">Strong's 1035: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the beginning</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(biṯ·ḥil·laṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8462.htm">Strong's 8462: </a> </span><span class="str2">A commencement, rel, original</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the barley</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂעֹרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(śə·‘ō·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8184.htm">Strong's 8184: </a> </span><span class="str2">Barley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">harvest.</span><br /><span class="heb">קְצִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> </span><span class="str2">Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ruth/1-22.htm">Ruth 1:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ruth/1-22.htm">OT History: Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned and Ruth the Moabitess (Ru Rut.)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 1:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 1:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ruth/2-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 2:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 2:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>