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During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A man
named Elimelech took his wife Naomi and his two sons to the country of Moab
because there was food in that land. Elimelech died, and Naomi was left as a
widow with two sons. The sons married. One married a woman named Orpah, and
the other married Ruth. After about ten years, the two sons died also. Naomi
decided to go back to her home country, to the town of Bethlehem. Both of her
daughters-in-law wanted to go with her, but she told them that they should
stay in the land of Moab. Ruth insisted on going with her mother-in-law. The
two of them went to Bethlehem. Naomi's friends were so glad to see her again!
In those days, according to God's command, when a farmer harvested his field,
he had to leave the grain that fell for the poor people to pick up. This
gathering of the left-over grain was called "gleaning". Ruth went to "glean"
in the field of a man named Boaz. He was a relative of Naomi's family. Ruth
worked hard gathering grain to feed herself and Naomi. Boaz noticed how hard
she was working and told her to stay in his field to glean. He invited her to
eat with him and he said he would protect her from harm. Boaz wanted to marry
Ruth, but there was another relative who had first choice of taking care of
Ruth. The two men had a meeting. The other man decided that he couldn't take
care of Ruth, so he took off his sandal, as the custom was, to seal an
agreement. He told Boaz to buy the land and marry Ruth. They were married and
later had a son named Obed. Obed, when he was grown, had a son named Jesse.
Jesse's son was David. The great-grandson of Ruth became king of Israel, King
David!