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Ruth 1:3-5
The Message
Ruth 1:3-5
The Message
3-5 Elimelech died and Naomi was left, she and her two sons. The sons took Moabite wives; the name of the first was Orpah, the second Ruth. They lived there in Moab for the next ten years. But then the two brothers, Mahlon and Kilion, died. Now the woman was left without either her young men or her husband.
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Ruth 1:3-5
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Ruth 1:3-5
New International Version
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women,(A) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(B) After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion(C) also died,(D) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
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