The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi.[a] The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites(A) from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there. Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons. Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years,

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 = Pleasant; also in v. 20

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