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They then married Moabite wives. The name of the first was Orpah, and the name of the second was Ruth. They lived there for about ten years. But Naomi’s sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left without her two children and without her husband.

Then Naomi set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the territory of Moab, because while she was in the territory of Moab, she had heard that the Lord had graciously visited[a] his people by providing them with food.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:6 When God visits people, he comes to bring blessing or correction. Here, obviously, it is blessing.