 Ruth, in spite of the dissuasion of Naomi, accompanied her mother-in-law to Bethlehem.The two women arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest in a state of dire poverty.Elimelech had an inheritance of land among his brethren, but Naomi will be compelled to sell it unless she can find a Goel, that is, a kinsman of Elimelech who could assert Elimelech's inheritance rights.