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Elimelech

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Ruth 1:2–3 names him the husband of Naomi. At 1:1–3, in the days when the judges judged, when there was a famine in the land, he goes from Bethlehem Judah to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons, lives there, and dies. 2:1 and 2:3 name Boaz of the family of Elimelech; at 4:3 Boaz calls him “our brother Elimelech”, and at 4:9 Boaz says he has bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

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RUT 1:1–5, engwebp
¹In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
²The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.
³Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
⁴They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
⁵Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
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RUT 2:1–3, engwebp
¹Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
²Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
³She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
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RUT 4:1–8, engwebp
¹Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.
²Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
³He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.
⁴I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”
⁵Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”
⁶The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”
⁷Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.
⁸So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.
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RUT 4:9–12, engwebp
⁹Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
¹⁰Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
¹¹All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
¹²Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
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Elimelech — Spouse of — Naomi

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Elimelech — Father of — Mahlon

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Elimelech — Father of — Chilion

Evidence: Ruth 1:1–5
Took part in (1) — Elimelech and his two sons, who went to live in the country of Moab, die

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Ruth 1:2 Open that verse

The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.

Ruth 1:3 Open that verse

Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Ruth 2:1 Open that verse

Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:3 Open that verse

She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Ruth 4:3 Open that verse

He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

Ruth 4:9 Open that verse

Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.

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Entry: Elimelech (person-elimelech)
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Current wording: Ruth 1:2–3 names him the husband of Naomi. At 1:1–3, in the days when the judges judged, when there was a famine in the land, he goes from Bethlehem Judah to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons, lives there, and dies. 2:1 and 2:3 name Boaz of the family of Elimelech; at 4:3 Boaz calls him “our brother Elimelech”, and at 4:9 Boaz says he has bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
Cited evidence: RUT 1:1–5, engwebp / RUT 2:1–3, engwebp / RUT 4:1–8, engwebp / RUT 4:9–12, engwebp
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