Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
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Gill's Exposition
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab,.... After the death of her two sons, and having heard of the ceasing of the famine in Israel, she had a desire…
Adam Clarke
She had heard - By the mouth of an angel, says the Targum.
The Lord had visited his people - "Because of the righteousness of Ibzan the judge, and because of the supplications of pious Boaz." -…
See here, I. The good affection Naomi bore to the land of Israel, Rut 1:6. Though she could not stay in it while the famine lasted, she would not stay out of it when the famine ceased. Though the…
Cambridge Bible
the Lord had visited his people i. e. shewn a practical interest in; cf. Gen 1:24 f E, Exo 3:16; Exo 4:31 J; St Luk 1:68; Luk 7:16. Apparently the famine lasted ten years, Rth 1:1. With giving them…
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