Ruth 1:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Before Israel was ruled by kings, Elimelech from the tribe of Ephrath lived in the town of Bethlehem. His wife was named Naomi, and their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. But when their crops failed, they moved to the country of Moab. And while they were there,

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in the land. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, he said, “Sarai, you are really beautiful!

Genesis 26:1

Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,

Genesis 43:1

The famine in Canaan got worse,

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there were three years in a row when the nation of Israel could not grow enough food. So David asked the LORD for help, and the LORD answered, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder, because he had the Gibeonites killed.”

1 Chronicles 2:54

Salma settled the town of Bethlehem and was the ancestor of the Netophathites, the people of Atroth-Bethjoab, half of the Manahathite clan, and the Zorites.

Psalm 105:16

God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Jeremiah 14:1

When there had been no rain for a long time, the LORD told me to say to the people:

Ezekiel 14:13

Ezekiel, son of man, suppose an entire nation sins against me, and I punish it by destroying the crops and letting its people and livestock starve to death.

Ezekiel 14:21

I am the LORD God, and I promise to punish Jerusalem severely. I will send war, starvation, wild animals, and deadly disease to slaughter its people and livestock.

Leviticus 26:19

until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper.

Amos 4:6

I, the LORD, took away the food from every town and village, but still you rejected me.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation— someone whose family goes back to ancient times.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant a lot of seed, but gather a small harvest, because locusts will eat your crops.

Judges 12:8

Ibzan, the next leader of Israel, came from Bethlehem.

Judges 17:7

One day a young Levite came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim. He had been staying with one of the clans of Judah in Bethlehem, but he had left Bethlehem to find a new place to live where he could be a priest.