| Overview - Ruth 1 | |
| 1 | Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there. |
| 4 | Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also. |
| 6 | Naomi, returning homeward, |
| 8 | dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her. |
| 14 | Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her. |
| 19 | They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received. |
Ruth 1:20 (King James Version)
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.