Ruth 1:11

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Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

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Bethlehem was Naomi’s hometown in Judah, where she had lived before famine drove her family to Moab, east of the Dead Sea. In Ruth 1:11, Naomi urges her Moabite daughters-in-law not to follow her back to Bethlehem because she believes she has no future sons to provide them security.

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Ruth 1:11 mentions Bethlehem and Moab.

Bethlehem · Berthold Werner
Moab · Adeeb Atwan

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