Answer: She could offer them no prospect of a husband
In those days and in that society a woman with no man to speak for her and to care for her, whether husband or father or brother, was in a desperate situation. There was no way for Naomi (or for Naomi and Ruth together) to make a living which did not depend upon the charity of others. Naomi's concern that her Moabite daughters-in-law would find no husband with her or in her homeland was both sincere and real. Therefore she earnestly advised them both to return to their own people, where they would be accepted.
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Ruth
Answer: her husband and her two sons
Ruth 1:3 states, "And Elimelech Naomi's husband died. The death of the two sons is recorded in verse 5. No reason for the deaths of Naomi's family members is recorded in the Book of Ruth.
From Quiz: Ruth's Story
Answer: Orpah
Orpah's husband was Chilion. Orpah believed in many gods and didn't stay with Naomi as Ruth had done.
From Quiz: The Book of Ruth
Answer: All of these
The marriage of a Jew to a foreigner would not likely be so positively portrayed in the post-Exile days of Ezra and Nehemiah, when a severe attitude was taken by the Jewish leaders toward this kind of intermarriage, and when such unions were sternly forbidden. Liberal scholars argue that some of the Aramaic idioms used in the work indicate a later dating than the reign of David. Conservatives counter that examples of such words can be found even before the book of Judges.
From Quiz: Ruth: A Touching Love Story
Answer: Who was Orpah?
Ruth 1:4. This daughter-in-law returned to her homeland while Ruth chose to stay with Naomi and go to live in Israel.
From Quiz: Ruth Jeopardy
Answer: 4
It is actually one of the shorter books in the Bible.
From Quiz: A Journey Through The Book Of Ruth
Answer: Because of a famine
The famine caused Elimelech to take his wife and two sons to Moab. (1:1)
From Quiz: The Biblical Story of Ruth
Answer: Barley
We are told this in Ruth 1:22. Barley ripens first and is harvested around Pesach (Passover). The first sheaf of barley was to be presented as a wave offering on the Sunday following Pesach (Leviticus 23:10, 11). Wheat was harvested about seven weeks later, and two loaves made from the fresh grain were to be offered as first fruits. This is also illustrated in Exodus 9:31, 32 where we read that the plague of hail sent on Egypt destroyed the barley, which was ripe for harvest, but not the wheat, which is "late in coming up" (English Standard Version). Grapes are harvested in July/August and dates in August/September.
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From Quiz: Let's Not Be Ruthless!
Answer: death
Among the most beautiful passages in the Bible is Ruth's refusal to be parted from Naomi.
Ruth's words are also sometimes used at weddings.
"Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The LORD do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me."
(Ruth 1:16-17, NKJV)
From Quiz: BBB Bible Series: Ruth
Answer: Moab
According to 1:6, Naomi and her daughters-in-law were preparing to return to the land of Judah from Moab. Naomi and her husband Elimelech had left their home in Bethlehem, Judah and went to Moab because of a famine. They intended to live temporarily in Moab until the famine passed.
From Quiz: Ruth's Story
