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• OrpahPeople

  Orpah is a Moabite woman in the Book of Ruth, the daughter-in-law of Naomi and the sister-in-law of Ruth. After her husband's death, she heeded her mother-in-law's urging and returned to her homeland of Moab.

• NaomiPeople

  Naomi is a woman from Bethlehem who appears in the Old Testament Book of Ruth. After losing her husband and two sons in Moab, she returned to her homeland with her daughter-in-law Ruth, and through her grandson Obed her story is linked to the house of David.

• MahlonPeople

  Mahlon is a figure from the period of the judges who appears in the Book of Ruth. He was the son of Elimelech and Naomi of Bethlehem and the first husband of Ruth the Moabitess. He died childless in the land of Moab.

• ElimelechPeople

  Elimelech is a man of Bethlehem in Judah who appears in the Book of Ruth. The husband of Naomi, he moved with his family to Moab to escape a famine and died there.

• RuthPeople

  Ruth is a Moabite woman and the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Ruth. She followed her mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem, married Boaz, and became the great-grandmother of King David.

• BoazPeople

  Boaz is a man of Bethlehem who appears in the Book of Ruth. He married Ruth, a Moabite woman, and fathered Obed. He was the great-grandfather of David and is listed in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.

• Mahlon and ChilionPeople

  Mahlon and Chilion are the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi in the Book of Ruth. During the period of the judges they moved with their family to Moab to escape a famine, married Moabite women, and died there. Mahlon's wife was Ruth.

• ChilionPeople

  Chilion is a figure in the Book of Ruth, the son of Elimelech and Naomi and the brother of Mahlon. During a famine he moved with his family to Moab, where he died.

• Ruth 1Bible

  Ruth 1 tells how the family of Elimelech, having moved to Moab during a famine in the time of the judges, loses all its men, and how Naomi returns to Bethlehem with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth.

• Ruth 2Bible

  While gleaning in the barley harvest fields of Bethlehem, Ruth comes to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Elimelech, and receives his kindness. Naomi tells her that Boaz is one of their kinsman-redeemers.