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== The Story of Ruth==  

This story of Ruth begins with Naomi, Elimelech, and their two sons: Mahlon and Kilion. Now Noami and her family were traveling from Bethlehem, Judah to the country of Moab. Soon after that, Elimelech (Naomi's husband) died and she was left with her two sons. In that country of Moab Mahlon and Kilion married women by the names of Orpah and Ruth. The marriages didn't last long because about 10 years later both Mahlon and Kilion died, leaving three widows in the household. All three of the women grieved for the loss of their husbands and sons. Later on Naomi realized it was best if she moved back to her home town and let Orpah and Ruth go back to their families and remarry. Orpah and Ruth begged Naomi not to do this to them but she insisted they leave. Orpah grieved and she took off back to her home town. Ruth on the other hand told Naomi " Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me"[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth%201:16,17;&version=31; Ruth 1:16,17] Naomi then agreed to let Ruth come along and together they traveled back to Bethlehem, Judah.