Ruth 1:1

Naomi Widowed

¹ Now it came to pass, in the days when _a the judges ₁ ruled, that there was _b a famine in the land. And a certain man of _c Bethlehem, Judah, went to ₂ dwell in the country of _d Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

1. Cross References
   Judges 2:16 - 18
   Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 12:10
   Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
   Genesis 26:1
   There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
   2 Kings 8:1
   Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.
   
3. Cross References
   Judges 17:8
   The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
   Micah 5:2
   "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting."
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 19:37
   The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
   

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