KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 1:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
WEB World English Bible
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 Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the name of the man is Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
1 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.
2 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.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 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.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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וְשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameהָאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֱֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְH458 · e.li.me.lekhElimelechוְשֵׁם֩H8034 · shemnameאִשְׁתּ֨וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanנָעֳמִ֜יH5281 · no.o.miNaomiוְשֵׁ֥םH8034 · shemnameשְׁנֵֽי־H8147 · she.na.yimtwoבָנָ֣יו׀H1121 · benson: childמַחְל֤וֹןH4248 · mach.lonMahlonוְכִלְיוֹן֙H3630 · kil.yonChilionאֶפְרָתִ֔יםH673 · eph.ra.tiEphraimiteמִבֵּ֥יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֖חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemיְהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַיָּבֹ֥אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeשְׂדֵי־H7704 · sa.daySirionמוֹאָ֖בH4124 · mo.avMoabוַיִּֽהְיוּ־H1961 · ha.yahto beשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.1 Samuel 17:21For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.Micah 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
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