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Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons. 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.

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  1. Ruth 1:4 Lit. They
  2. Ruth 1:5 Lit. the woman

Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women,(A) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(B) After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion(C) also died,(D) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

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