Acts 19:23Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:1

In the time when the judges ruled, there was once a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah took his wife and two sons to live in the territory of Moab.

Ruth 1:2

His name was Elimelech and his wife’s was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. After they had been living in Moab for some time,

Ruth 1:4

who married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,

Ruth 2:10

Then she bowed low and said to him, ‘Why are you so kind to me, to take interest in me when I am just a foreigner?’

Ruth 2:14

At mealtime Boaz said to Ruth, ‘Come here and eat some of the food and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.’ So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was satisfied and had some left.