------ rut ------ 1In the days when the judges judged, there was
a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to
live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion,
Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of
Moab, and lived there. 3Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and
she was left with her two sons. 4They took for themselves wives
of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the
name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
5Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her
two children and of her husband. 6Then she arose with her
daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of
Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how Yahweh
#“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all
caps) in other translations. had visited his people in giving
them bread. 7She went out of the pl