Ruth 1:6

So she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the land of Moab, for she had heard that the Lord had remembered his people and given them food.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5Mahlon and Chilion both died, and Naomi was left alone, without husband or sons.

7As they were setting out together on the journey to Judah,

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1The Lord remembered what he had told Sarah, and he did as he had promised.

Genesis 48:15He then blessed Joseph, saying, “The God whom my forefathers Abraham and Isaac revered and served, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,

Psalms 102:14For even her stones are dear to your servants, even the dust of her ruins they look on with love.

Psalms 111:5Food he gives to those who revere him, always he remembers his covenant.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:2-6

Ruth This short history of the domestic affairs of one particular family fitly follows the book of Judges (the events related here happening in the days of the judges), and fitly goes before the books of Samuel, because in the close it introduces David; yet the Jews, in their Bibles, separate it from both, and make it one of the five Megilloth, or Volumes, which they put together towards the latter end, in this order: Solomon's Song, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. It is probable that Samuel was the… Read the whole commentary →

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