Ruth 1:4
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And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt their ten years,

Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.

Ruth 1:5
And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.

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And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt their ten years,

wives

Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. Thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, nor take his daughter for thy son:

Deuteronomy 23:3 The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

1 Kings 11:1,2 And king Solomon loved many strange women, besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites: . . .


Ruth

Matthew 1:5 And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.

Context
Naomi Becomes a Widow
3And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons. 4And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt their ten years,5And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.…
Lexicon
who took
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

Moabite
מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת (mō·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4125: Moabite -- descendant of Moab

women as their wives,
נָשִׁים֙ (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

one
הָֽאַחַת֙ (hā·’a·ḥaṯ)
Article | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

named
שֵׁ֤ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Orpah
עָרְפָּ֔ה (‘ā·rə·pāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6204: Orpah -- sister-in-law of Ruth

and the other
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית (haš·šê·nîṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

named
וְשֵׁ֥ם (wə·šêm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Ruth.
ר֑וּת (rūṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7327: Ruth -- 'friendship', a Moabite ancestress of David

And after they had lived
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in Moab
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

about ten
כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר (kə·‘e·śer)
Preposition-k | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

years,
שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year


Additional Translations
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.

And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

And they took to themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.

and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one is Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years.
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