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A famine and a move to Moab

Ruth's story begins with a Judean family escaping famine to Moab, where their sons marry Moabite women. Then all the men die.

Migration in reverse.

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Naomi returns home and urges her daughters-in-law to go back to their families.

Bible reference: Ruth 1:1–14

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 389

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