37 The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab[a];(A) he is the father of the Moabites(B) of today.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 19:37 Moab sounds like the Hebrew for from father.

37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

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11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab(A) toward the sunrise.

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11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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Balak Summons Balaam

22 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab(A) and camped along the Jordan(B) across from Jericho.(C)

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22 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab,(A) Moses began to expound this law, saying:

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On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

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30 That day Moab(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(B) for eighty years.

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30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

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Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons

In the days when the judges ruled,[a](A) there was a famine in the land.(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(D) in the country of Moab.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged

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 Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

When Naomi heard in Moab(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(B) by providing food(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(D) prepared to return home from there.

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Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

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