Ruth 1:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Long ago, during the time the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah. He, his wife, and his two sons moved to the country of Moab.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live.

Genesis 26:1

Now there was a famine. This was like the famine that happened during Abraham’s life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar, to King Abimelech of the Philistines.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, I will punish any nation that leaves me and sins against me. I will stop their food supply. I might cause a famine and remove the people and animals from that country.

Judges 17:8

He left Bethlehem to look for another place to live. As he was traveling, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of the land of Ephraim.

Leviticus 26:19

And I will also destroy the great cities that make you proud. The skies will not give rain, and the earth will not produce crops.

Genesis 43:1

The famine was very bad in that country.

Amos 4:6

“I didn’t give you any food to eat. There was no food in any of your cities, but you didn’t come back to me.” This is what the Lord said.

Psalm 105:16

He caused a famine in that country, and people did not have enough food.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“Your fields will produce plenty of grain. But your harvest will be small, because the locusts will eat your harvest.

Ezekiel 14:21

Then the Lord GOD said, “So think how bad it will be for Jerusalem. I will send all four of those punishments against that city! I will send enemy soldiers, hunger, disease, and wild animals against that city. I will remove all the people and animals from that country.

Jeremiah 14:1

This is the Lord’s message to Jeremiah about the drought:

Psalm 107:34

He made the fertile land become salty, because the people living there did such evil things.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to meet with Ahab. The famine was very bad in Samaria.

Judges 12:8

After Jephthah, a man named Ibzan was a judge for the Israelites. Ibzan was from the city of Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there was a famine that continued for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. And the Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for the famine, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Judges 17:7

There was a young man who was a Levite from the city of Bethlehem in Judah. He had been living among the tribe of Judah.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the founder of Beth Gader.

1 Chronicles 2:54

This is a list of Salma’s descendants: the people from Bethlehem, Netophah, Atroth Beth Joab, half the people from Manahti, the Zorites,