RUTH & NAOMI

Ruth & Naomi

Ruth & Naomi

Naomi, from the Hebrew name (pronounced) no-om-ee meaning graceful, or delightful, lived during the time of the Judges. Her husband was named Elimelech; her sons were Mahlon and Chilion. At the time of a famine in Judah, Naomi's family moved to Moab (located to the east of the Dead Sea). While there, Naomi not only became a widow after Elimelech died, but her two sons also died, leaving behind widows of their own, women of Moab named Orpah and Ruth. (Baylis 2004)

When Naomi decided to return home to Judea, one of her daughters-in-law, Ruth, accompanied her to Bethlehem where, after her marriage to Naomi's kinsman Boaz, Ruth became an ancestor of King David, and of Jesus Christ. (Baylis 2004)

In a location called Moab there dwelled a pleasant family. Elimelech, his wife Naomi and their two children shifted there because there was more nourishment there than where they utilised to live. After a while Elimelech past away but Naomi wasn't solely she still had two sons. (Atkinson 2005)

Naomi and her family moved to Moab to escape a famine in nearby Judah (whether caused by drought, or destruction caused by warfare is not stated):

"Now it came to pass in the days when The Judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there." (Ruth 1:1-2 KJV)

Orpah didn't desire to depart Naomi but Naomi notified her not to concern, she would be fine. So Orpah ...