Ruth 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.

the judges

Judges 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out …

Judges 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

ruled [heb] judged
a famine

Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt …

Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that …

Genesis 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.

Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven …

Deuteronomy 28:23,24,38 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth …

2 Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after …

1 Kings 17:1-12 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said …

1 Kings 18:2 And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

2 Kings 8:1,2 Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, …

Psalm 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Jeremiah 14:1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

Ezekiel 14:13,21 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, …

Joel 1:10,11,16-20 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the …

Amos 4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, …

Beth-lehem-Judah

Judges 17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn …

Judges 19:1,2 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel…

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.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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.

visited

Genesis 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah …

Genesis 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will …

Exodus 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The …

Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited …

1 Samuel 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three …

Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people,

Luke 19:44 And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within …

1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas …

in giving

Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep …

Genesis 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham …

Exodus 16:4-6 Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you…

Psalm 104:14,15 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service …

Psalm 111:5 He has given meat to them that fear him: he will ever be mindful …

Psalm 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Psalm 145:15 The eyes of all wait on you; and you give them their meat in due season.

Psalm 146:7 Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the …

Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; …

Isaiah 55:10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns …

Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

are there This alludes to the custom that when a married brother died, without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow; and the children of such marriages were accounted those of the deceased brother. This address of Naomi to her daughter-in-law is exceedingly tender, persuasive, and affecting.

that they

Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at your …

Deuteronomy 25:5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, …

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

Orpah

Genesis 31:28,55 And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have …

1 Kings 19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray …

Matthew 10:37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: …

Matthew 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: …

2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is …

but Ruth the LXX. add, (), `and returned to her own people.' The Vulgate Syriac, and Arabic, are to the same purpose. It seems a very natural addition, and agrees with the assertion in the next verse; and is accordingly adopted by Houbignant as a part of the text.

Deuteronomy 4:4 But you that did join to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him …

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a …

Isaiah 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, …

Zechariah 8:23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, …

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, …

John 6:66-69 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him…

Acts 17:34 However, certain men joined to him, and believed: among the which …

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that …

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Ruth A more perfect surrender of friendly feelings to a friend was never made. This was a most extraordinary and disinterested attachment.

Intreat me not. or, Be not against me.
to leave

2 Kings 2:2-6 And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has …

Luke 24:28,29 And they drew near to the village, where they went: and he made as …

Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? …

whither

2 Samuel 15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as …

Matthew 8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow …

John 13:37 Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay …

Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. …

thy people

Ruth 2:11,12 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been showed me…

Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also …

Isaiah 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, …

thy God

Joshua 24:18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites …

Daniel 2:47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your …

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, …

Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, …

Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall …

2 Corinthians 6:16-18 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are …

1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had to you…

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

all the city From this it would appear that Naomi was not only well known, but also highly respected at Beth-lehem: a proof that Elimelech was of high consideration at that place.

Matthew 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, …

Is this Naomi?

Isaiah 23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her …

Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their …

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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