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 Bethlehemjudah  went to sojourn in the country of Moab , he, and his wife , and his two sons  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 Bethlehemjudah  . And they came into the country of Moab  3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died ; and she was left , and her two sons  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 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband  6 Then she arose with her daughters in law , that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread  7 why she went forward out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah  8 And Naomi said to her two daughters in law , Go , return each to her mother's house : the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead  9 The LORD grant you that you may find rest , each [of you] in the house of her husband . Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice , and wept  10 And they said to her, Surely we will return with you to your people  11 And Naomi said , Turn again , my daughters : why will you go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb , that they may be your husbands  12 Turn again , my daughters , go [your way]; for I am too old to have a husband . If I should say , I have hope , [if] I should have a husband also to night , and should also bear sons  13 Would you tarry for them till they were grown ? would you stay for them from having husbands ? no, my daughters ; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out  14 And they lifted up their voice , and wept again : and Orpah kissed her mother in law ; but Ruth clung  15 And she said , See, your sister in law is gone back to her people , and to her gods : return you after your sister in law  16 And Ruth said , Intreat me not to leave you, [or] to return from following after you: for where you goes , I will go ; and where you lodgest , I will lodge : your people [will be] my people , and your God my God  17 Where you dies , will I die , and there will I be buried : the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if should] but death part  18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking  19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem . And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem , that all the city was moved about them, and they said , [Is] this Naomi  20 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi , call me Mara : for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly  21 I went out full , and the LORD has brought me home again empty : why [then] call you me Naomi , seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted  22 So Naomi returned , and Ruth the Moabitess , her daughter in law , with her, which returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest