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And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He called himself Elimelech, and his wife Naomi, and his two sons, the one Mahlon, and the other Chilion, Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. And entering into the region of the Moabites, they stayed there. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And she arose so that she might journey to her native land, with both her daughters-in-law, from the region of the Moabites. For she had heard that the Lord had provided for his people and had given them food. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And so she departed from the place of her sojourn, with both her daughters-in-law, and having set out upon the way, she was about to return to the land of Judah. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>She said to them, “Go to the home of your mother. May the Lord deal mercifully with you, just as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands, whom you will obtain by lot.” And she kissed them. They lifted up their voice, and began to weep, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and to say, “We will journey with you to your people.” <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But she answered them, “Return, my daughters. Why come with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb, so that you could hope for husbands from me? <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Return, my daughters, go forth. For I am now exhausted by old age, and not fit for the bond of marriage. Even if I were to conceive on this night, and bear sons, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.”<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In response, they lifted up their voice and began to weep again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and then turned back. Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.” <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.” <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Return to Bethlehem<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And so they set out together, and they came to Bethlehem. When they had entered the city, the news quickly spread among them all. And the women said, “This is that Naomi.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter). For the Almighty has greatly filled me with bitterness. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I went out full and the Lord led me back empty. So then, why call me Naomi, whom the Lord has humbled and the Almighty has afflicted?”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ruth/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 2" /></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>