1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judgesruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah*went 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.
6
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.