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20 She said to them, “Do not call me Na′omi,[a] call me Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Na′omi, when the Lord has afflicted[c] me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

22 So Na′omi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:20 That is Pleasant
  2. Ruth 1:20 That is Bitter
  3. Ruth 1:21 Gk Syr Vg: Heb testified against

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