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both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.
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Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
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With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
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But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the LORD reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me.
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May the LORD bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.