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Each of her sons[a] married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Chilion died, leaving Naomi[b] alone with neither her husband nor her two sons.

Naomi Returns to Judah

She and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard while living there[c] how the Lord had come to the aid of his people, giving them relief.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:4 Lit. They
  2. Ruth 1:5 Lit. the woman
  3. Ruth 1:6 Lit. living in the country of Moab
  4. Ruth 1:6 Lit. bread or food