Introduction
Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, flee from a famine in the land of Israel, and go to sojourn in Moab, Rth 1:1, Rth 1:2. Here his two sons marry; and, in the space of ten years, both their father and they die, Rth 1:3-6. Naomi sets out on her return to her own country, accompanied by her daughters-in-law Orpah and Ruth; whom she endeavors to persuade to return to their own people, Rth 1:7-13. Orpah returns, but Ruth accompanies her mother-in-law, Rth 1:14-18. They arrive at Beth-lehem in the time of the barley harvest, Rth 1:19-22.
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