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There, Machalon and Kilyon marry two Moabite women – Ruth and Orpah – and die about 10 years later. After hearing that the situation had improved in Judea, Naomi decides to return with her two ...

Ruth: Even though my husband, Mahlon and I were from different countries and religions we fell in love and married. We weren’t the only ones. Chilion also got married - to Orpah. [We see Naomi ...

Naomi’s conversation with her daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah, demonstrates her trust in God despite her belief that God afflicted her with the death of her husband and sons (v. 20). Naomi ...

Naomi now had no means of support, so she decided to return to Judah. Initially, the two widowed daughters-in-law, Orpah, Chilion’s wife, and Ruth, Mahlon’s wife, join Naomi on the journey ...

Ruth decided she wanted to get to know this family. And so, along with her friend Orpah, she began to visit. The father did not like the girls, but Naomi, his wife, was warm and welcoming.

During the course of their stay, Naomi’s two sons married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. Misfortune fell heavily on the family there, however: Death took Naomi’s husband Elimelech and her two ...

While arranging a temple ritual, she encounters a Judean family of artisans: Elimelech, his wife Naomi, their sons Chilion and Mahlon, and daughter-in-law Orpah. Ruth is curious about their God ...

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Naomi ultimately makes her return to Bethlehem with one of her daughters, Ruth, while the other, Orpah, stays in the family's adopted homeland of Moab. Naomi Judd was the mother of two daughters ...