Ruth - 1:3



3 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

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Explanation and meaning of Ruth 1:3.

Differing Translations

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And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.
And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Elimelech - died - Probably a short time after his arrival in Moab.

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died,.... According to Josephus (x), after he had dwelt in the land ten years, and had married his two sons to Moabitish women; but, as Alshech observes, the text shows that while he was living they were not married to them, but after his death; and it is said of them only that they dwelt there about ten years; so that it is most probable that their father died quickly after he came into the land of Moab: and she was left, and her two sons; in a strange land, she without a husband, and they without a father.
(x) Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 1.)

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