diff --git a/bible/names/ruth.md b/bible/names/ruth.md index 16fb8678..5aecfe76 100644 --- a/bible/names/ruth.md +++ b/bible/names/ruth.md @@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ ## Facts: -Ruth was a Moabite woman who lived during the time when judges were leading Israel. She married an Israelite man in Moab after he had moved there with his family because of a famine during the time when judges were leading Israel. +Ruth was a Moabite woman who lived during the time when judges were leading Israel. In Moab, she married an Israelite man named Mahlon after his family had moved there because of a famine in Israel. Mahlon died, and some time after that she left Moab with her mother-in-law Naomi to return to the city of Bethlehem in Israel. -* Ruth’s husband died, and some time after that she left Moab to travel with her mother-in-law Naomi, who was returning to her hometown, Bethlehem in Israel. * Ruth was loyal to Naomi and worked hard to provide food for her. * She also committed herself to serving the one true God of Israel. -* Ruth married an Israelite man named Boaz and gave birth to a son who became the grandfather of King David. Because King David was an ancestor of Jesus Christ so was Ruth. +* Ruth married an Israelite man named Boaz and gave birth to a son named Obed. Obed became the grandfather of King David, and King David was an ancestor of Jesus. (Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))