Ruth 1:1

New Living Translation

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

Genesis 26:1

A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

Genesis 43:1

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.

2 Samuel 21:1

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma (the founder of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the founder of Beth-gader).

1 Chronicles 2:54

The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites, the Zorites,

Psalm 105:16

He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.

Psalm 107:34

He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

Jeremiah 14:1

This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why he was holding back the rain:

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.

Amos 4:6

“I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops.

Judges 12:8

After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.

Judges 17:7

One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.

Judges 17:8

He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through.