Chapter 1:
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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
Bethlehem, Judah, went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife
and his two sons.
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The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name
of his wife was Naomi and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion
- Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah, and they went to the country of Moab
and remained there. (Gen. 35:19; 1 Sam. 1:1;
Judg. 3:30)
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Then
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Now
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Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died;
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Then she arose
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Therefore
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And Naomi
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"The Lord
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And they
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But Naomi said,
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"Turn back,
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"would you wait
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Then they lifted
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And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone
back
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But Ruth said:
Entreat me not to leave you (2 Kin. 2:2, _4, _6), or to
turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge
Your people shall be my people (Ruth 2:11, _12), and your God,
my God. (Prov. 17:17)
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Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried.
The Lord do so to me, and more also (1 Sam. 3:17; 2 Sam.
19:13),
If anything but death parts you and me."
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When she saw that she was determined to go with
her,
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