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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 1:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીરૂથ ૧:૨
તે માણસનું નામ અલીમેલેખ, તેની પત્નીનું નામ નાઓમી અને તેના બે દીકરાઓનાં નામ માહલોન તથા કિલ્યોન હતાં. તેઓ બેથલેહેમ યહૂદિયાના એફ્રાથીઓ હતાં. તેઓ મોઆબ દેશમાં આવીને ત્યાં વસ્યા હતા.
हिन्दीरूत १:२
उस पुरुष का नाम एलीमेलेक, और उसकी पत्नी का नाम नाओमी, और उसके दो बेटों के नाम महलोन और किल्योन थे; ये एप्राती अर्थात् यहूदा के बैतलहम के रहनेवाले थे। वे मोआब के देश में आकर वहाँ रहे।

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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.

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