Ruth 1:19

New American Bible - revised edition

So they went on together until they reached Bethlehem. On their arrival there, the whole town was excited about them, and the women asked: “Can this be Naomi?”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the father of Bethgader.

Isaiah 23:7

Is this your exultant city, whose origin is from old, Whose feet have taken her to dwell in distant lands?

Lamentations 2:15

All who pass by on the road, clap their hands at you; They hiss and wag their heads over daughter Jerusalem: “Is this the city they used to call perfect in beauty and joy of all the earth?”

Matthew 21:10

And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken and asked, “Who is this?”

Ruth 1:20

But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi [‘Sweet’]. Call me Mara [‘Bitter’], for the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

Ruth 2:6

The young man overseeing the harvesters answered, “She is the young Moabite who came back with Naomi from the plateau of Moab.