Rut 1:7

7 Ella partì dunque con le sue due nuore dal luogo dov’era stata, e si mise in cammino per tornare nel paese di Giuda.

Rut 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:7

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was
What part of Moab she had dwelt in, and now removed from, is not said; it is called the country or field of Moab, she returned from; hence some have thought, that she and her husband, and her sons, did not live in any of the cities of Moab, but in a field; either because the Moabites would not suffer them to dwell in their cities, only allowed them to pitch their tents in their fields; or they chose to dwell there, that they might as much as possible avoid conversation with them, and be preserved from their idolatry, and other corruptions:

and her two daughters in law with her;
who, out of respect to her, accompanied her some part of the way, as relations and friends usually did:

and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah;
they went along with her to the border of the land of Judah, in her return thither; for returning can only be said of her with any propriety, because her two daughters had never been there; that was not the country from whence they came, and therefore could not be said to return thither.

Rut 1:7 In-Context

5 Poi Mahlon e Kilion morirono anch’essi tutti e due, e la donna restò priva de’ suoi due figliuoli e del marito.

6 Allora si levò con le sue nuore per tornarsene dalle campagne di Moab perché nelle campagne di Moab avea sentito dire che l’Eterno avea visitato il suo popolo, dandogli del pane.

7 Ella partì dunque con le sue due nuore dal luogo dov’era stata, e si mise in cammino per tornare nel paese di Giuda.

8 E Naomi disse alle sue due nuore: "Andate, tornatevene ciascuna a casa di sua madre; l’Eterno sia buono con voi, come voi siete state con quelli che son morti, e con me!

9 L’Eterno dia a ciascuna di voi di trovare riposo in casa d’un marito!" Essa le baciò, e quelle si misero a piangere ad alta voce, e le dissero: