Chapter summary
Ruth 1 Summary
Ruth 1 tells of loss and loyalty, as the Moabite Ruth clings to her mother-in-law Naomi and to Naomi’s God.
After famine and the deaths of her husband and sons, Naomi prepares to return to Bethlehem and urges her daughters-in-law to stay in Moab.
Ruth refuses to leave: ‘Where you go I will go… your people will be my people, and your God my God’—a moving picture of covenant loyalty.
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