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20 But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara,[a] because the Almighty has made me very bitter. 21 I went away full, but the Lord brought me back empty. Why should you call me Naomi? For the Lord has testified against me,[b] and the Almighty has treated me badly.”

22 So Naomi returned with Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, who came back with her from the territory of Moab. When they entered Bethlehem, it was the beginning of the barley harvest.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant; Mara means bitter.
  2. Ruth 1:21 Or has afflicted me
  3. Ruth 1:22 March or April