1 In the days when the Judges were governing, a famine occurred in the country and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went-he, his wife and his two sons -- to live in the Plains of Moab.
2 The man was called Elimelech, his wife Naomi and his two sons Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. Going to the Plains of Moab, they settled there.
3 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she and her two sons were left.
4 These married Moabite women: one was called Orpah and the other Ruth. They lived there for about ten years.
5 Mahlon and Chilion then both died too, and Naomi was thus bereft of her two sons and her husband.
6 She then decided to come back from the Plains of Moab with her daughters-in-law, having heard in the Plains of Moab that God had visited his people and given them food.
7 So, with her daughters-in-law, she left the place where she was living and they took the road back to Judah.
8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, 'Go back, each of you to your mother's house.
9 May Yahweh show you faithful love, as you have done to those who have died and to me. Yahweh grant that you may each find happiness with a husband!' She then kissed them, but they began weeping loudly,
10 and said, 'No, we shall go back with you to your people.'
11 'Go home, daughters,' Naomi replied. 'Why come with me? Have I any more sons in my womb to make husbands for you?
12 Go home, daughters, go, for I am now too old to marry again. Even if I said, "I still have a hope: I shall take a husband this very night and shall bear more sons,"
13 would you be prepared to wait for them until they were grown up? Would you refuse to marry for their sake? No, daughters, I am bitterly sorry for your sakes that the hand of Yahweh should have been raised against me.'
14 They started weeping loudly all over again; Orpah then kissed her mother-in-law and went back to her people. But Ruth stayed with her.
15 Naomi then said, 'Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go home, too; follow your sister-in-law.'
16 But Ruth said, 'Do not press me to leave you and to stop going with you, for wherever you go, I shall go, wherever you live, I shall live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
17 Where you die, I shall die and there I shall be buried. Let Yahweh bring unnameable ills on me and worse ills, too, if anything but death should part me from you!'
18 Seeing that Ruth was determined to go with her, Naomi said no more.
19 The two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival set the whole town astir, and the women said, 'Can this be Naomi?'
20 To this she replied, 'Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for Shaddai has made my lot bitter.
21 I departed full, and Yahweh has brought me home empty. Why, then, call me Naomi, since Yahweh has pronounced against me and Shaddai has made me wretched?'
22 This was how Naomi came home with her daughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabitess, on returning from the Plains of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
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Chapter 1 of Ruth's book tells the story of Naomi and his family, which leave their homeland in search of food and prosperity in a foreign country. Unfortunately, Naomi gets a widow and her two children die too, leaving her without any close relative. From there, she decides to return to her homeland, but encourages her daughters -in -law, Ruth and Orfa, to stay in Moab and find new husbands. The following five verses, in order of proximity to the themes of the chapter, were selected to illustrate the theme of the book:
Deuteronomy 10:18-19: "He does justice to the orphan and the widow, loves the foreigner, giving him bread and clothing. Therefore, love foreigners, for you were foreigners in Egypt." This verse talks about the importance of treating foreigners with love and compassion, which is relevant to the relationship between Naomi, Ruth and Orfa in Moab.
Exodus 22:21-22: "Do not mistreat or oppress the foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not mistreat widows or orphans." This verse focuses on banning the oppression of foreigners, widows and orphans, emphasizing the importance of compassion and social justice.
Leviticus 19:9-10: "When you harvest the harvest of your land, they do not harvest until the end of the crop, nor do they rebus the fallen berries of your harvest. Nas to the poor and abroad. I am the Lord, your God. " This verse encourages food donation to the poor and foreigners, which is relevant to the situation in which Ruth and Naomi meet.
Psalm 146:9: "The Lord protects the foreigner and sustains the orphan and the widow, but frustrates the plans of the wicked." This verse emphasizes divine protection to foreigners, orphans and widows, which is a source of comfort to Naomi in its difficult situation.
Isaiah 54:4-5: "Do not be afraid, for you will not be embarrassed. Do not feel humiliated, because you will not be dishonored. Instead, you will forget the shame of your youth and remember more of your affliction, as of An abandoned and sad wife in spirit, a wife who was rejected, "says his God. "For a short moment I abandoned her, but with deep compassion I will bring her back." This verse talks about God's compassion for those who suffer and are rejected, which is relevant to Naomi's story and his struggle to find security and comfort.
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