19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem(A)).

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Naomi’s Family in Moab

During the time[a] of the judges,(A) there was a famine in the land.(B) A man left Bethlehem[b](C) in Judah with his wife and two sons to live in the land of Moab for a while. The man’s name was Elimelech,[c] and his wife’s name was Naomi.[d] The names of his two sons were Mahlon[e] and Chilion.[f] They were Ephrathites(D) from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the land of Moab and settled there.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Lit In the days of the judging
  2. Ruth 1:1 = House of Bread
  3. Ruth 1:2 = My God Is King
  4. Ruth 1:2 = Pleasant
  5. Ruth 1:2 = Sickly
  6. Ruth 1:2 = Weak or failing

[a]Bethlehem Ephrathah,(A)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you(B)
to be ruler over Israel for Me.(C)
His origin[b] is from antiquity,(D)
from eternity.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Mc 5:1 in Hb
  2. Micah 5:2 Lit His going out
  3. Micah 5:2 Or from ancient times

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