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Elimelek goes to Moab during a famine

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1:1 Elimelek goes to Moab during a famine

1 Back in the time when the tribal leaders ruled Yisrael (Israel), there was a drought which caused a shortage of food, so a man from the town of Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) in the Yehudah (Judah) region went to live in the country of Moab for a while, taking his wife and their two sons. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek and he was married to Naomi, and their sons’ names were Mahlon and Kilion. (They were part of the clan of Ephrathah from Beyt-Lehem in Yehudah.) They travelled to the Moab countryside and lived there. 3 Then Naomi’s husband Elimelek died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 Eventually they married women from there in Moab—Orpah and Ruth. But after Naomi and her sons had lived in Moab for about then years, 5 Mahlon and Kilion both also died, and Naomi was left without her husband or her two sons.

1 And_he/it_was in/on/at/with_days_of the_judging the_judges and_he/it_was a_famine on_the_earth and_he/it_went a_man of_Bēyt- food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to_sojourn in/on/at/with_country_of Mōʼāⱱ he and_his/its_woman/wife and_two_of sons_of_his.
2 And_name_of the_man was_ʼElīmelek and_name_of his/its_wife/woman was_Nāˊₒmī and_name_of the_two_of sons_of_his was_Maḩlōn and_Kilyōn/(Chilion) ʼEfrātī from_Bēyt- food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh and_they_came the_region(s)_of Mōʼāⱱ and_they_were there.
3 And_ ʼElīmelek _he/it_died the_husband_of Nāˊₒmī and_left she and_two_of sons_of_her.
4 And_took to/for_them wives Mōʼāⱱite the_name_of the_one(f) was_Orpah and_name_of the_second(fs) was_Rūt and_they_lived there about_ten years.
5 And_died also both_of_them Maḩlōn and_Kilyōn and_left the_woman without_two_of sons_of_her and_without_husband_of_her.
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The Setting of Ruth

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The story of Ruth is set in the time of the Judges, a few generations before the birth of King David. While much animosity often existed between Israel and Moab (Judges 3:12-30; 10:6-12:7; 2 Samuel 8:2; 10; 2 Kings 3:4-27; 2 Chronicles 20; see also Nations across the Jordan River map), other times the two nations appear to have enjoyed a somewhat congenial relationship, as is demonstrated by Naomi’s willingness to relocate to Moab to seek relief from a famine. Later Naomi’s sons also marry Moabite women, and Ruth’s devotion to Naomi and her God no doubt speaks highly of the character of many Moabites. Many years later Ruth’s great-grandson David placed his parents in the care of the king of Moab while he was on the run from King Saul (1 Samuel 22:3-4).

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