Ruth 1:1-6
Ruth 1:1-6
Ruth is one of the greatest treasures within the entirety of the Old Testament. A small book, yes, but one that possesses an ever-revealing value. The more this little book is read, the more its inexhaustible worth and beauty is discovered. Ruth is a timeless, priceless treasure to hide deep within our hearts. There is so much to discover in Ruth. While we will do our best to discover all that Ruth has to offer, in all reality, it will simply arouse a deep interest to discover more of God's great truths buried throughout this beautiful love story.Ruth encapsulates the entirety of God's word. It reveals to us the heart of God found in the wonderful Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ruth will bring great illumination to the truth of God found in Jesus Christ and His word.Ruth begins at a dark time in the nation's history. Yet no matter how dark and desperate things seem, God is still at work accomplishing His Divine purposes through ordinary people in the common affairs to which we are all accustomed.
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Chapter 1
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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
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And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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Then 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 that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.