Ruth 1:19

So the two traveled until they came to the town of Bethlehem. It happened that when they arrived in Bethlehem, the entire town was very excited about them. The women 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

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

20But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Bitter, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:6The servant supervising the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.

Isaiah 23:7Has this happened to you, the joyful city, whose origin is from ancient times, 1 whose feet carried her far away to foreign places to settle? 1

Matthew 21:10When Jesus had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred and said, “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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