Scripture says he and his family went out “full” (1:21). He did not leave after the famine had impoverished him, but he left before he had suffered much loss. This only emphasizes the weakness of Elimelech’s faith. “It is evidence of a discontented, distrustful, unstable spirit to be weary of the place in which God hath set us, and to be for leaving it immediately whenever we meet with any uneasiness or inconvenience in it” (Henry). Others, such as Boaz, tarried at home and survived well; but Elimelech