Ruth 1:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ And they took wives of the women of Mo’aḇ, the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They dwelt there about ten years;

American Standard Version (1901)

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 dwelt there about ten years.

Common English Bible

⁴ They took wives for themselves, Moabite women; the name of the first was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth. And they lived there for about ten years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years.

Ruth 1:4 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days I also saw Yehuḏim who had married women of Ashdoḏ, Ammon, Mo’aḇ.

Matthew 1:5

And Salmon brought forth Bo‛az by Raḥaḇ, and Bo‛az brought forth Oḇĕḏ by Ruth, and Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai.

Deuteronomy 23:3

“An Ammonite or Mo’aḇite shall not enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of them shall not ever enter the assembly of יהוה,

Deuteronomy 7:3

And do not intermarry with them – you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do not take his daughter for your son,”

Ruth 1:3

And Elimeleḵ, husband of Na‛omi, died. And she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 1:5

And Maḥlon and Kilyon also died, both of them, so the woman was bereaved of her two sons and of her husband.