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![]() A handwritten scroll of Book of Ruth by the scribe Elihu Shannon of Kibbutz Saad, Israel (c. 2005). | |
Book | Book of Ruth |
Hebrew Bible part | Five Megillot |
Order in the Hebrew part | 2 |
Category | Ketuvim |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 8 |
Ruth 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1][2] part of the Ketuvim ("Writings").[3][4] This chapter contains the story of how Elimelech, Ruth's father-in-law, driven by famine, moved into Moab, and died there (Ruth 1:1-5); Naomi returning home, Ruth accompanies her (Ruth 1:6-18); They came to Bethlehem (Ruth 1:19-22).[5]
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