19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem(A)).

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Naomi’s Family in Moab

During the time[a] of the judges,(A) there was a famine in the land.(B) A man left Bethlehem(C) in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while. The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi.[b] The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites(D) from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the fields of Moab and settled there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Lit In the days of the judging
  2. 1:2 = Pleasant; also in v. 20

Bethlehem Ephrathah,(A)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
one will come from you(B)
to be ruler over Israel for me.(C)
His origin[a] is from antiquity,(D)
from ancient times.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Lit His going out

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