Ruth 1:17-22 (Revised Standard Version)
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where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if even death parts me from you."
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And when Na'omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
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So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, "Is this Na'omi?"
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She said to them, "Do not call me Na'omi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Na'omi, when the LORD has afflicted me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?"
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So Na'omi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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