Ruth 1:19

So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

Berean Standard Bible

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

18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:6The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

Isaiah 23:7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

Matthew 21:10When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “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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