Ruth 1:3–21
Naomi Returns Bitter and Empty
Naomi left Bethlehem with a husband and two sons. She returns with nothing. Both sons died in Moab; her husband Elimelech is gone. She tells the women of the town: 'Do not call me Naomi — call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full and the Lord has brought me back empty.'
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Naomi Returns Bitter and Empty
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Ruth 1:3–21
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In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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