1 Elimelech and his family depart from the famine from Bethlehem to the land of Moab; 3 he and his two sons die there, leaving behind his wife Naomi with her two Moabite daughters-in-law; 6 Naomi decided to return to her homeland alone; 14 Orpah said goodbye to her, but Ruth decided not to leave her and went with her to Bethlehem; 19 They came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the harvest.
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man went from Bethlehem of Judah with his wife and two sons to live in the fields of Moab.
2 The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chileon; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judea. And they came to the fields of Moab and stayed there.
3 And Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.
4 They took themselves Moabite wives, one's name was Orpah, and the other's name was Ruth, and they lived there about ten years.
5 But then both her son, Mahlon and Chileon, died, and that woman remained after both her sons and after her husband.
6 And she arose with her daughters-in-law and went back from the fields of Moab, for she heard in the fields of Moab that God had visited his people and given them bread.
7 And she left the place where she lived, and her two daughters-in-law with her. As they walked along the road returning to the land of Judah,
8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house; May the Lord show mercy to you, as you did to the dead and to me!
9 May the Lord grant you that you may each find refuge in her husband’s house! And kissed them. But they raised a cry and cried
10 And they said, No, you and I will return to your people.
11 And Naomi said, Return, my daughters; why do you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who would be your husbands?
12 Return, my daughters, go, for I am too old to be married. Yes, even if I said: “there is still hope for me,” and even if I were with my husband that very night and then gave birth to sons, -
13 then can you wait until they grow up? Can you delay and not get married? No, my daughters, I grieve greatly for you, for the hand of the Lord has overtaken me.
14 They lifted up their voices and began to weep again. And Orpah said goodbye to her mother-in-law, and Ruth remained with her.
15 Naomi said Ruthie: Behold, your daughter-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return, too, after your daughter-in-law.
16 But Ruth said, Do not force me to leave you and return from you; but where you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will live; Your people will be my people, and your God my God;
17 And where you die, there I will die and be buried; may the Lord do this and that for me, and do even more; Death alone will separate me from you.
18 Naomi, Seeing that she had firmly decided to go with her, she stopped persuading her.
19 And they both walked until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole city began to stir from them, and they said: Is this Naomi?
20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi, but call me Mara, because the Almighty has sent me great sorrow;
21 I left here richly, but the Lord brought me back empty-handed; why call me Naomi when the Lord made me suffer, and the Almighty sent me misfortune?
22 And Naomi returned, and with her her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite, who came from the fields of Moab, and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
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Book of Ruth, chapter 1
Ruth(girlfriend, friend, friendly) (, etc.) - the name of a Moabite woman, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, with his wife Naomi and two sons moved due to famine from Bethlehem of Judea to the land of Moab. Here his sons married Moabite women, and here Elimelech soon died, followed by his sons. As a result, Naomi was left a widow with two daughters-in-law, Orpha and Ruth. Hearing that the famine had stopped, Naomi decided to return home and leave Ruth and Orpah in their homeland. Orpah remained, but Ruth did not want to leave her. Ruth said: do not force me to leave you and return from you; but where you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will live; Your people will be my people, and your God my God; and where you die, there I will die and be buried. May the Lord do this and that for me, and do even more; death alone will separate me from you(). And so they came together to Bethlehem at the very beginning of the barley harvest. Naomi had a wealthy relative here named Boaz. Following the simplicity of the morals of those times, Ruth, in order to satisfy the first needs of life, one day went to his fields to gather ears of corn. Boaz noticed her and asked who she was and where she was from, and when he learned that she was related to him, he showed special affection towards her. This was not enough: according to Jewish law, Ruth could hope to become Boaz's wife and indeed had some right to this. Naomi, who had previously been her good adviser, gave her advice this time on how to proceed in this matter. Ruth followed her advice and lay down at Boaz's feet while he slept on the threshing floor. This led to an explanation. Boaz acknowledged his relationship to her, but noted that there was another immediate relative who should be given this right. An opportunity to resolve this issue soon presented itself. Boaz was one day sitting at the city gate, and the closest relative who had the right to marry Ruth passed by him. He was asked to redeem Elimelech's legacy through his marriage to Ruth. The relative refused due to his inability to cohabitate in marriage and transferred his right in favor of Boaz, who thus redeemed the legacy of Elimelech and his sons by marrying Ruth the Moabite. The fruit of this marriage was Obed, the grandfather of David, and thus Ruth the Moabite, a pagan, became one of the ancestors of the Lord Jesus Christ. St. does not mention anything further about Ruth herself. Evangelist Matthew in the genealogy of the Lord (
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem of Judah with his wife and his two sons to live in the fields of Moab.
2 The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chileon; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judea. And they came to the fields of Moab and stayed there.
3 And Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.
4 They took themselves Moabite wives, the one named Orpah and the other Ruth, and they lived there about ten years.
5 But then both her son, Mahlon and Chileon, died, and that woman remained after both her sons and after her husband.
6 And she arose with her daughters-in-law and went back from the fields of Moab, for she heard in the fields of Moab that God had visited his people and given them bread.
7 And she left the place where she lived, and her two daughters-in-law with her. As they walked along the road returning to the land of Judah,
8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house; May the Lord show mercy to you, as you did to the dead and to me!
9 May the Lord grant you that you may each find refuge in her husband’s house! And kissed them. But they raised a cry and cried
10 And they said, No, you and I will return to your people.
11 And Naomi said, Return, my daughters; why do you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who would be your husbands?
12 Return, my daughters, go, for I am too old to be married. Yes, even if I said: “There is still hope for me,” and even if I were with my husband that very night and then gave birth to sons, -
13 then can you wait until they grow up? Can you delay and not get married? No, my daughters, I grieve greatly for you, for the hand of the Lord has overtaken me.
14 They lifted up their voices and began to weep again. And Orpah said goodbye to her mother-in-law, and Ruth remained with her.
15 Naomi said Ruthie: Behold, your daughter-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return, too, after your daughter-in-law.
16 But Ruth said, Do not force me to leave you and return from you; but where you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will live; Your people will be my people, and your God my God;
17 And where you die, there I will die and be buried; may the Lord do this and that for me, and do even more; Death alone will separate me from you.
18 Naomi Seeing that she was firmly resolved to go with her, she stopped persuading her.
19 And they both walked until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole city began to stir from them, and they said: Is this Naomi?
20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi, but call me Mara, because the Almighty has sent me great sorrow;
21 I left here richly, but the Lord brought me back empty-handed; why call me Naomi when the Lord made me suffer, and the Almighty sent me misfortune?
22 And Naomi returned, and with her her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabite, who came from the fields of Moab, and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
During the time of the judges of Israel, there lived in Bethlehem, which was about six miles south of Jerusalem, a man named Elimelech. His wife's name was Naomi (Naomi), and his two sons were Mahlon and Chileon. Several years in a row there were poor harvests in Judah, and therefore, to escape famine, Elimelech and his family went to live in the land of Moab on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The family lived there for 10 years when Elimelech died. His sons married Moabite women, one of whom was named Orpah, and the second - Ruth. Soon both brothers also died, and three women - Ruth, Orpah and Naomi - remained widows.
Ruth
Naomi (Naomi) learned that harvest years had begun again in the lands of Judah, and decided to return to her homeland. The woman invited the widows of her sons to go live with their mothers and find new husbands, but they wanted to go with Naomi. Naomi convinced Orpah with persuasion, but Ruth remained her own and went to Judea.
The women walked around the Dead Sea, crossed the Jordan River and came to Bethlehem. Upon arrival, Naomi changed her name to Mara. The fact is that Naomi means “pleasant”, and Mara means “bitter”; the life of a woman no longer advised the first epithet.
At that time there lived in Bethlehem a rich man named Boaz, who was a distant relative of Elimelech, the husband of Naomi. Boaz owned large fields. Then in Judea there was a custom - during the harvest they always left a few ears of corn for the poor, who could come and gather what was left. When Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem, it was just time for the barley harvest, so Ruth went to the fields of Boaz to gather some ears of corn.
Boaz, seeing Ruth, asked one of his reapers: whose young woman is this? When he learned that she was the Moabite woman who had come with Naomi, he said to Ruth:
... listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field and do not move from here, but be here with my maids;
let the field where they reap be in your sight, and follow them; Behold, I commanded my servants not to touch you; When you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from where my servants draw. ()
Then Ruth bowed to Boaz and thanked him for his kindness. She took these words to heart, because she did not expect such attention to herself - a foreigner.
Ruth in the Fields of Boaz Ruth came to Boaz's fields until harvest time was over. Ruth and Boaz soon began a relationship. Boaz took her as his wife. They had a son, Obed. Obed had a son, Jesse, who became the father of David, king of Israel. So the Moabite Ruth, thanks to her devotion, became the mother of kings.
What does the biblical story of Ruth teach us?
Reading the story of Ruth, we can draw 5 main conclusions:
1) God cares about all people, regardless of race, nationality or status.
Ruth was not a Jew, but a Moabite. Thanks to her personal qualities, she became the mother of kings. God loves her as much as any Jewish woman. God does not divide people, He loves everyone equally.
2) Men and women are equal before God.
God cares for men and women equally. We are all one in His eyes. While most religions exalt men, Christianity is the only monotheistic religion that honors men and women on the same level.
3) There are no insignificant people in the eyes of God.
Ruth became the mother of Kings, although she was a Moabite and a poor widow. But God made her important in His plan. God's plan is for everyone. His strength is often made perfect in our weakness
Therefore, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in needs, in persecutions, in oppressions for Christ’s sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong. (Second Corinthians).
4) No minor events.
Ruth became the mother of Kings due to a combination of circumstances: famine in Judea, family relocation, death of Naomi's sons, return to Bethlehem, meeting with Boaz. Perhaps our lives are full of events whose meaning we do not understand.
5) God is the Redeemer
Boaz can be seen as a type of Christ.
What lessons can we learn from the story of Ruth?
- Don't let the past determine your future.
- Be full of faith
- Be pure
- The good in you will not go unnoticed.
A Guide to the Bible by Isaac Asimov
Ruth
Naomi, having lost her husband and sons, decided to return to Bethlehem. Both of her daughters-in-law went with her, but along the way Naomi began to persuade them to return to their home and get married again. Orpah agreed and said goodbye to her mother-in-law, but Ruth flatly refused:
Ruth 1:16. But Ruth said: do not force me to leave you... but where you go, there I will go, and where you live, there I will live; Your people will be my people, and your God my God...
And the two of them went to Bethlehem.
In Bethlehem, Ruth met Boaz, a wealthy relative of Naomi, who liked her - despite the fact that she was a foreigner. He was grateful for the love and care she showed Naomi. Naomi taught Ruth what she should do, and Boaz took Ruth as his wife in accordance with the ancient Israeli law of levirate.
The couple had a son, and Naomi, who had lost her sons, was comforted. Her devoted daughter-in-law, the Moabite Ruth, was now considered a full member of the Israelite community, and the Israeli women praised her:
Ruth 4:14–15. And the women said to Naomi... your daughter-in-law, who loves you... is better for you than seven sons.
WITH Since then, for all the people, Ruth remained one of the most attractive women in the Bible.
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