Ruth 1:19

So those two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

18And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:6And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

Isaiah 23:7Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

Matthew 21:10And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:7-19

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 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. 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. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to… Read the whole commentary →

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