General Search for 'Ruth 1:1-5' - New American Standard Bible

Ruth 1:1

Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to reside in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

Footnotes:

Cross References:

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. So they entered the land of Moab and remained there.

Footnotes:

Cross References:

Ruth 1:3

Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:4

And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other, Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

Ruth 1:5

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

Footnotes:

Cross References:

Study Desk

General Bible Search

Passage Lookup: Ruth 1:1-5