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NAOMI’S FAMILY IN MOAB

1During the timeA of the judges,a there was a famine in the land.b A man left Bethlehemc in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

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Footnotes

  1. A In the days of the judging

Cross references

  1. aJdg 2:16–18
  2. bGn 12:10; 26:1; 43:1; 2Kg 8:1
  3. cJdg 17:7; 19:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

NLTNew Living Translation

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened in the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem of Judah went to reside in the countryside of Moab—he and his wife and his two sons.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.