Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Ruth 1
¹⁸ When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
¹⁹ Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was excited because of them; and the women said, "Is this Naomi?"
²⁰ But she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
²¹ I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
²² So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2
¹ There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.
² So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter."
³ Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
⁴ Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, "The Lord be with you!" And they answered him, "The Lord bless you!"
⁵ Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"
⁶ So the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered and said, "It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.