Ruth 1
The story of Ruth starts not with Ruth but with a family of a man from Bethlehem called Elimalek, his wife Naomi, and his two grown sons Mahlon and Kilion. There is a famine in Israel and Elimalek and family leave Israel and move to Moab, where Elimalek died. Naomi found wives for her sons, after about 10 yeasr her sons died leaving Naomi and her daughters in law, Ruth and Orpah alone.
Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem where she had relatives who could help her and her two daughters in law go with her.
Naomi tried to persuade Orpah and Ruth to let her go and to find second husbands and make a life in Moab, since Naomi is not going to have more children whom they could marry.
Orpah respectfully takes Naomi's advice but Ruth has made the decision to stick with Naomi.
"Don't ask me to leave you or turn back,where you go, I will go, where you stay, I will stay, your people will be my people and your God will be my God. Where you die, so will I and there will I be buried."
When they got back to Bethlehem, people recognised Naomi. Naomi (whose name means pleasant) asks her old friends to call her Mara (which means bitter), as she left Bethlehem with a husband and sons with belongings but has returned a widow with nothing.
They move back to Bethlehem at the start of the barley harvest - this is useful to them as they will need to get food for themselves.
The story of Ruth starts not with Ruth but with a family of a man from Bethlehem called Elimalek, his wife Naomi, and his two grown sons Mahlon and Kilion. There is a famine in Israel and Elimalek and family leave Israel and move to Moab, where Elimalek died. Naomi found wives for her sons, after about 10 yeasr her sons died leaving Naomi and her daughters in law, Ruth and Orpah alone.
Naomi decided to return to Bethlehem where she had relatives who could help her and her two daughters in law go with her.
Naomi tried to persuade Orpah and Ruth to let her go and to find second husbands and make a life in Moab, since Naomi is not going to have more children whom they could marry.
Orpah respectfully takes Naomi's advice but Ruth has made the decision to stick with Naomi.
"Don't ask me to leave you or turn back,where you go, I will go, where you stay, I will stay, your people will be my people and your God will be my God. Where you die, so will I and there will I be buried."
When they got back to Bethlehem, people recognised Naomi. Naomi (whose name means pleasant) asks her old friends to call her Mara (which means bitter), as she left Bethlehem with a husband and sons with belongings but has returned a widow with nothing.
They move back to Bethlehem at the start of the barley harvest - this is useful to them as they will need to get food for themselves.
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