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Ruth 1:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Ruth 1:4

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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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

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.

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

6 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.

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  • Naomi Naomi is the mother-in-law of Ruth.
    Source: Ruth 1:22
    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.
    Read Ruth 1:22
  • Mahlon Mahlon is the husband of Ruth.
    Source: Ruth 4:10
    Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
    Read Ruth 4:10
  • Boaz Boaz is the husband of Ruth.
    Source: Ruth 4:13
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
    Read Ruth 4:13
  • Obed Ruth is the mother of Obed.
    Source: Ruth 4:13; Ruth 4:17
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
    Read Ruth 4:13
    And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
    Read Ruth 4:17

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.

Related Verses

Matthew 1:5

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"And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;"

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Deuteronomy 7:3

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"Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son."

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1 Kings 11:1-2

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"But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;"

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Deuteronomy 23:3

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"An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:"

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Ruth 2:23

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"So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law."

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Ruth 4:13

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"So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son."

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

From This Chapter

Ruth 1:1

"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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons."

Ruth 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there."

Ruth 1:3

"And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons."

Ruth 1:5

"And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband."

Ruth 1:6

"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."

Ruth 1:7

"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."

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