Moreover I have secured Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in connection with his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his relatives and from the household where he lived. You are witnesses this day.”
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 1:5
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and Naomi was left alone, without husband or sons.
Ruth 1:14
Then they again wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth stayed with her.