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and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
24
And
the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they
went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
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In those days
there was
no king in Israel:
every man did
that which was
right in his own eyes.
The Book of
Ruth
CHAPTER 1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a
certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his
two sons.
2
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, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country
of Moab, and continued there.
3
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her
two sons.
4
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one
was
Orpah, and
the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5
And Mahlon and Chilion died
also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6
Then she 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 L
ORD
had visited his people in giving them
bread.
7
Wherefore she went 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.
8
And Naomi said unto her
two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the L
ORD
deal kindly with you, as ye
have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9
The L
ORD
grant you that ye may find rest, each
of you
in
the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10
And
they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
11
And Naomi said, Turn again,
my daughters: why will ye go with me?
are
there yet
any more
sons in my womb, that they may
be your husbands?
12
Turn again, my daughters, go
your way;
for I am too old to have an husband.
If I should say, I have hope,
if
I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands?
nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the L
ORD
is gone out
against me.
14
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law;
but Ruth clave unto her.
15
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people,
and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16
And Ruth said, Intreat 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: thy people
shall be
my people, and thy God my God:
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Where thou diest, will I die,
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