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1. During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to live in the land of Moab for a while.
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1. Now it came to pass H1961 in the days H3117 when the judges H8199 ruled H8199 , that there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land H776 . And a certain man H376 of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah went H1980 to sojourn H1481 in the country H7704 of Moab H4124 , he H1931 , and his wife H802 , and his two H8147 sons H1121 .
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2. The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife's name was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the land of Moab and settled there.
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2. And the name H8034 of the man H376 was Elimelech H458 , and the name H8034 of his wife H802 Naomi H5281 , and the name H8034 of his two H8147 sons H1121 Mahlon H4248 and Chilion H3630 , Ephrathites H673 of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 H3063 -judah . And they came H935 into the country H7704 of Moab H4124 , and continued H1961 there H8033 .
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3. Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.
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3. And Elimelech H458 Naomi H5281 's husband H376 died H4191 ; and she H1931 was left H7604 , and her two H8147 sons H1121 .
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4. Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about 10 years,
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4. And they took H5375 them wives H802 of the women of Moab H4125 ; the name H8034 of the one H259 was Orpah H6204 , and the name H8034 of the other H8145 Ruth H7327 : and they dwelled H3427 there H8033 about ten H6235 years H8141 .
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5. both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.
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5. And Mahlon H4248 and Chilion H3630 died H4191 also H1571 both H8147 of them ; and the woman H802 was left H7604 of her two sons H4480 H8147 H3206 and her husband H4480 H376 .
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6. She and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the LORD had paid attention to His people's need by providing them food.
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6. Then she H1931 arose H6965 with her daughters H3618 -in-law , that she might return H7725 from the country H4480 H7704 of Moab H4124 : for H3588 she had heard H8085 in the country H7704 of Moab H4124 how that H3588 the LORD H3068 had visited H6485 H853 his people H5971 in giving H5414 them bread H3899 .
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7. She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah.
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7. Wherefore she went forth H3318 out of H4480 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 she was H1961 , and her two H8147 daughters H3618 -in-law with her H5973 ; and they went H1980 on the way H1870 to return H7725 unto H413 the land H776 of Judah H3063 .
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8. She said to them, "Each of you go back to your mother's home. May the LORD show faithful love to you as you have shown to the dead and to me.
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8. And Naomi H5281 said H559 unto her two H8147 daughters H3618 -in-law, Go H1980 , return H7725 each H802 to her mother H517 's house H1004 : the LORD H3068 deal H6213 kindly H2617 with H5973 you, as H834 ye have dealt H6213 with H5973 the dead H4191 , and with H5973 me.
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9. May the LORD enable each of you to find security in the house of your new husband." She kissed them, and they wept loudly.
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9. The LORD H3068 grant H5414 you that ye may find H4672 rest H4496 , each H802 of you in the house H1004 of her husband H376 . Then she kissed H5401 them ; and they lifted up H5375 their voice H6963 , and wept H1058 .
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10. "No," they said to her. "We will go with you to your people."
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10. And they said H559 unto her, Surely H3588 we will return H7725 with H854 thee unto thy people H5971 .
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11. But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Am I able to have any more sons who could become your husbands?
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11. And Naomi H5281 said H559 , Turn again H7725 , my daughters H1323 : why H4100 will ye go H1980 with H5973 me? are there yet H5750 any more sons H1121 in my womb H4578 , that they may be H1961 your husbands H376 ?
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12. Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
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12. Turn again H7725 , my daughters H1323 , go H1980 your way ; for H3588 I am too old H2204 to have H4480 H1961 a husband H376 . If H3588 I should say H559 , I have H3426 hope H8615 , if I should have H1961 a husband H376 also H1571 tonight H3915 , and should also H1571 bear H3205 sons H1121 ;
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13. would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the LORD's hand has turned against me."
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13. Would ye tarry H7663 for them H2004 till H5704 H834 they were grown H1431 ? would ye stay H5702 for them H2004 from having H1961 husbands H376 ? nay H408 , my daughters H1323 ; for H3588 it grieveth H4843 me much H3966 for H4480 your sakes that H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 is gone out H3318 against me.
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14. Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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14. And they lifted up H5375 their voice H6963 , and wept H1058 again H5750 : and Orpah H6204 kissed H5401 her mother H2545 -in-law ; but Ruth H7327 cleaved H1692 unto her.
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15. Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law."
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15. And she said H559 , Behold H2009 , thy sister H2994 -in-law is gone back H7725 unto H413 her people H5971 , and unto H413 her gods H430 : return H7725 thou after H310 thy sister H2994 -in-law.
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16. But Ruth replied: Do not persuade me to leave you or go back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
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16. And Ruth H7327 said H559 , Entreat H6293 me not H408 to leave H5800 thee, or to return H7725 from following after H4480 H310 thee: for H3588 whither H413 H834 thou goest H1980 , I will go H1980 ; and where H834 thou lodgest H3885 , I will lodge H3885 : thy people H5971 shall be my people H5971 , and thy God H430 my God H430 :
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17. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do this to me, and even more, if anything but death separates you and me.
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17. Where H834 thou diest H4191 , will I die H4191 , and there H8033 will I be buried H6912 : the LORD H3068 do H6213 so H3541 to me , and more H3254 also H3541 , if aught but H3588 death H4194 part H6504 thee H996 and me H996 .
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18. When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
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18. When she saw H7200 that H3588 she H1931 was steadfastly minded H553 to go H1980 with H854 her , then she left H2308 speaking H1696 unto H413 her.
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19. The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival and the local women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"
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19. So they two H8147 went H1980 until H5704 they came H935 to Bethlehem H1035 . And it came to pass H1961 , when they were come H935 to Bethlehem H1035 , that all H3605 the city H5892 was moved H1949 about H5921 them , and they said H559 , Is this H2063 Naomi H5281 ?
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20. "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara," she answered, "for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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20. And she said H559 unto H413 them, Call H7121 me not H408 Naomi H5281 , call H7121 me Mara H4755 : for H3588 the Almighty H7706 hath dealt very bitterly H3966 H4843 with me.
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21. I left full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has pronounced judgment on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
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21. I H589 went out H1980 full H4392 , and the LORD H3068 hath brought me home again H7725 empty H7387 : why H4100 then call H7121 ye me Naomi H5281 , seeing the LORD H3068 hath testified H6030 against me , and the Almighty H7706 hath afflicted H7489 me?
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22. 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.
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22. So Naomi H5281 returned H7725 , and Ruth H7327 the Moabitess H4125 , her daughter H3618 -in-law , with her H5973 , which returned H7725 out of the country H4480 H7704 of Moab H4124 : and they H1992 came H935 to Bethlehem H1035 in the beginning H8462 of barley H8184 harvest H7105 .
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