Poor Naomi! How could her mother-in-law bear another loss? Ten years ago, she’d lost her husband, Elimelech and her younger son, Kilion, had died last spring. And she didn’t want to hear what her mother thought was the cause of them. She couldn’t keep her mind from her troubles. They would drink tea, eat the delicacies of her father’s table, and talk about family matters. She grieved that there would never be children to carry on his name.īut it was the new moon, and her mother was expecting her for her monthly visit. And now, she suffered watching him suffer. How would she live without Mahlon? She’d dreamed of living a long life with the man she loved, bearing his children, growing old with him. She fought the sorrow and fear stirring in her. Her beloved husband, Mahlon, was dying of a lingering illness that had come upon him months earlier. Ruth walked down the narrow, crowded streets of Kir-hareseth, her mind and heart in turmoil.
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