Ruth 1:19

So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

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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 Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

20And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:6And the servant who was in authority over the cutters said, It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab;

Isaiah 23:7Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?

Matthew 21:10And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, 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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