KJV King James Version
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
WEB World English Bible
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
ASV American Standard Version
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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וַתָּ֣שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnנָעֳמִ֗יH5281 · no.o.miNaomiוְר֨וּתH7327 · rutRuthהַמּוֹאֲבִיָּ֤הH4125 · mo.a.viMoabiteכַלָּתָהּ֙H3618 · kal.lahdaughter-in-law: brideעִמָּ֔הּH5973 · imwithהַשָּׁ֖בָהH7725 · shuvto return: returnמִשְּׂדֵ֣יH7704 · sa.daySirionמוֹאָ֑בH4124 · mo.avMoabוְהֵ֗מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)בָּ֚אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeבֵּ֣יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֔חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemבִּתְחִלַּ֖תH8462 · te.chil.lahbeginningקְצִ֥ירH7105 · qa.tsirharvestשְׂעֹרִֽים׃H8184 · se.o.rahbarley
Cross-references
Ruth 2:23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.2 Samuel 21:9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell [all] seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.Exodus 9:31-32And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.
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