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Ruth 1:21
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19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that aall the city was excited because of them; and the women said, b“Is this Naomi?”  
20 But she said to them, “Do not call me1 Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.  
21 I went out full, aand the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and1 the Almighty has afflicted me?”  
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem aat the beginning of barley harvest. 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ruth 1:21

I went out full - Having a husband and two sons.

The Lord hath brought me home again empty - Having lost all three by death. It is also likely that Elimelech took considerable property with him into the land of Moab; for as he fled from the face of the famine, he would naturally take his property with him; and on this Naomi subsisted till her return to Bethlehem, which she might not have thought of till all was spent.


 
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