In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Ruth 1:4 - English Standard Version 2016 These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, Matoleo zaidiKing 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 also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,
You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,
But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.