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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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Depressed, heartbroken, and trying to escape a famine, Naomi was leaving Moab (Ruth’s hometown) behind to return to Bethlehem. She told Ruth, and her other daughter-in-law Orpah, to go back to ...

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