Ruth 1:1

The Passion Translation

During the era when champion-deliverers ruled in Israel, a severe famine overtook the land. Elimelech, a man of importance, left Bethlehem and immigrated to the country of Moab. He took with him his wife Naomi and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion. They belonged to the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah. While residing in Moab,

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time, a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to travel down to Egypt and live there as a foreigner.

Genesis 26:1

Now, another famine struck the land, like the one in Abraham’s time. Isaac traveled to Gerar where Abimelech was the Philistine king.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, suppose all the people living in a certain country wander from me in pursuit of their sin, then I decide to come against them. I would punish them by destroying their food supply, inflicting famine on them, and causing people and animals to starve to death.

Judges 17:8

He left there to search for another place to live. On his journey, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine in the land continued to grow more severe.

Psalm 105:16

So God decreed a famine upon Canaan-land, cutting off their food supply.

Ezekiel 14:21

Lord Yahweh spoke to me, saying, “How much worse it will be for Jerusalem when I send my four dreadful scourges—sword, famine, wild animals, and pandemic—to destroy both people and animals.

Jeremiah 14:1

This is what Yahweh spoke to me concerning the drought:

Psalm 107:34

Or he can take a fruitful land and make it into a saltwater swamp, all because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

Judges 12:8

After Jephthah, Yahweh raised up Ibzan, a champion-deliverer from Bethlehem who ruled Israel.

Judges 17:7

At the same time, there was a young man from the priestly tribe of Levi living in Bethlehem in Judah.