Ruth

How Ruth begins

The first verses of Ruth 1 in the King James Version.

1. Ruth 1:1

   Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2. Ruth 1:2

   And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3. Ruth 1:3

   And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4. Ruth 1:4

   And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5. Ruth 1:5

   And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

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Ruth is book 8 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 4 chapters and 85 verses in the public-domain text.