Ruth 1:4
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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 1:4 (King James Version)
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
- they took
- The Targum says, "they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to them strange women."
- wives
- Deuteronomy 7:3 ; 23:3 1 Kings 11:1 1 Kings 11:2
- Ruth
- Matthew 1:5