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Ruth: from Moab to Bethlehem

A journey of Ruth · period of the Judges

A famine sends a family east to Moab; loyalty brings a Moabite widow back to Bethlehem, into the line of David.

  1. Bethlehem — Elimelech's family leaves in famine
  2. Moab — Ruth marries into the family, then is widowed
  3. Bethlehem · harvest — Returns with Naomi; marries Boaz