Old TestamentRuthNaomi Becomes a Widow · 1:1–51:1 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 Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.1:2 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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.1:3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.1:4 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.1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
