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Elimelech died while they were living in Moab. Naomi and her two sons remained there alone. Then Naomi's sons married women from Moab. Mahlon married a woman called Ruth. Kilion married a woman called Orpah. After they had all lived in Moab for about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion died. Now Naomi was completely alone, without her husband or her sons.[a]

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  1. 1:5 When the women had no husbands, they could no longer work on their land. They needed help from the men in their families.