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And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law (1:15) And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God: (1:16) Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me (1:17) When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her (1:18) So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi? (1:19) And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me (1:20) I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (1:21) So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest
(1:22)
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