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. 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? 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. 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: 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 Beth-lehem.
And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the
city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 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 Beth-lehem in the
beginning of barley harvest.
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