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Left behind are the wives of these figures: Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah. These losses presented a quandary: what should a bereaved widow and her two daughters-in-law do in their aftermath?

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 ...

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.

(Ruth 1:20-21) This declaration is not the first to express the profundity of her despair. Naomi sought to send away her daughters-in-law while traveling–Orpah acquiesces to Naomi’s ...

Then disaster strikes: Elimelech and his sons die, widowing Naomi and her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth. The women find themselves abandoned and poverty-stricken in a hostile country.

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 ...