Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Of one. Hebrew, "And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled. "(Haydock) The and shows the connection with the former book. (Calmet) Land. Chaldean adds, "of Israel "(Menochius) while the less fertile country of Moab had abundance. God thus punished the idolatry of his people. Some say the famine lasted ten years; but this is uncertain, though Noemi continued so long out of the country, ver. 4. (Salien)

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