Famine drives Elimelech, his wife Naomi and their two sons from Bethlehem to the land of Moab. When the men die, Naomi returns home with her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who refuses to leave her, and Ruth’s gleaning in the fields of the kinsman Boaz begins one of the most tender stories in the Hebrew Bible.
Four short chapters of loyalty and kindness, in the English of the 1611 translation. Download the free EPUB.