Ruth 1:6

Then Naomi decided to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law and return to Judah because she had heard in the region of Moab that Yahweh had helped his people in need and had 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

5Then both Mahlon and Kilion died, leaving Naomi without her husband and without her two children.

7So she left the place where she had been with her two daughters-in-law, and they walked down the road to return to the land of Judah.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:1Yahweh paid attention to Sarah as he had said he would, and Yahweh did for Sarah just as he had promised.

Genesis 48:15Israel blessed Joseph, saying, 1 “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, 1 the God who has cared for me to this day, 1

Exodus 3:16Go and gather the elders of Israel together. Say to them, 'Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me and said, “I have indeed observed you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

Exodus 16:4Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day's portion every day so that I may test them to see whether or not they will walk in my law.

Psalms 102:14For your servants hold her stones dear 1 and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins. 1

Psalms 111:5He gives food to his faithful followers. 1 He will always call to mind his covenant. 1

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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