Ruth 1
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Ruth 1:2-4

2The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.

3Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons.

4The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,

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