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After her husband dies, Ruth remains loyal and devoted to her Israelite mother-in-law, Naomi, even as both face loss and uncertainty. The narrative follows their move from Bethlehem to Moab, Naomi’s return to Bethlehem, and Ruth’s choices that ultimately connect her to the family line of David. ","Ruth  \nEnglish Spiritual  \nRuth  \nThe Bible story of Ruth for beginning readers by Gordon W. Martin  \nImages by MBANJI Bawe Ernest.  \nEnglish United Kingdom  \nCopyright © 2019, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by MBANJI Bawe Ernest, © 2019 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nRuth  \nIntroduction  \nRuth, a Moabite woman, is married to an Israelite. When he dies, Ruth shows uncommon loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law and deep devotion to the God of Israel. In the end, she finds a new husband among her former husband's relatives, and through this marriage becomes the greatgrandmother of David, Israel's greatest king.  \nElimelech and His Family Move to Moab  \nLong ago, in the days before Israel had a king, there was a famine in the land.  \nRuth 1:1a  \nSo a man named Elimelech, who belonged to the clan of Ephrath and who lived in Bethlehem in Judah, went with his wife Naomi and their two sons Mahlon and Chilion to live for a while in the country of Moab.  \nRuth 1:1b-2a  \nWhile they were living there, Elimelech died, and Naomi was left alone with her two sons, who married Moabite girls, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later, Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left all alone, without husband or sons.  \nRuth 1:2b-5  \nNaomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem  \nSome time later Naomi heard that the LORD had blessed his people by giving them a good harvest; so she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law. They started out together to go back to Judah, but on the way she said to them,“Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the LORD be as good to you as you have been tome and to those who have died. And may the LORD make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home.”  \nRuth 1:6-9a  \nSo Naomi kissed them good-bye. But they started crying and said to her,“No! We will go with you to your people.”  \nRuth 1:9b-10  \n“You must go back, my daughters,” Naomi answered.“Why do you want to come with me? Do you think that I could have sons again for you to marry? Go back home, for I am too old to get married again. 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