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Now it came to pass in the days when the judgesruled ,a that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudahwent to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his twosons.2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wifeNaomi, and the name of his twosonsMahlon and Chilion,Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah . And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
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And ElimelechNaomi'shusbanddied ; and she was left , and her twosons.4
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the otherRuth: and they dwelled there about tenyears.5
And Mahlon and Chiliondied also both of them; and the woman was left of her twosons and her husband.
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