Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread (1:6)

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah (1:7)

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me (1:8)

The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you] in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept (1:9)

And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people (1:10)

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? (1:11)

Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; (1:12)

Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me (1:13)

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her (1:14)

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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