In those days I also saw Jews who lived with women from Ashdod, Ammon, and from Moab.
Ruth 1:4 - Modern King James Version And they took wives for themselves from the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They dwelt there about ten years; American Standard Version (1901) And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years. Common English Bible They took wives for themselves, Moabite women; the name of the first was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth. And they lived there for about ten years. Catholic Public Domain Version They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years. |
In those days I also saw Jews who lived with women from Ashdod, Ammon, and from Moab.
And Salmon fathered Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed of Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of Jehovah. Even to their tenth generation they shall not enter into the congregation of Jehovah forever,
Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter to your son.
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died. And she was left, and her two sons.
And Mahlon and Chilion also died, both of them. And the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.