and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

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both Mahlon and Kilion(A) also died,(B) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

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20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (A)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken (B)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of (C)our redeemers.”

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20 “The Lord bless him!(A)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(B) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(C) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(D) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).