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Ruth 1:7

Listen to Ruth 1:7
7 Elle sortit donc du lieu où elle avait demeuré, et ses deux belles-filles avec elle; et elles se mirent en chemin pour retourner au pays de Juda.

Ruth 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.

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Ruth 1:7 In-Context

5 Puis, Machlon et Kiljon étant morts aussi, cette femme demeura seule, privée de ses deux fils et de son mari.
6 Alors elle se leva avec ses belles-filles, pour s'en retourner de la campagne de Moab; car elle y avait appris que l'Éternel avait visité son peuple, en lui donnant du pain.
7 Elle sortit donc du lieu où elle avait demeuré, et ses deux belles-filles avec elle; et elles se mirent en chemin pour retourner au pays de Juda.
8 Et Naomi dit à ses deux belles-filles: Allez, retournez chacune à la maison de sa mère. L'Éternel vous traite avec bonté, comme vous avez fait à ceux qui sont morts, et à moi!
9 L'Éternel vous fasse trouver du repos à chacune dans la maison d'un mari! Et elle les baisa. Mais elles élevèrent la voix et pleurèrent,
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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