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Ruth

Moabite ancestor of David

Moabite woman whose loyalty brings her into David's genealogy.

13 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

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widow who refuses to leave her mother-in-law after both their husbands die, declaring that Naomi's people and God will be her own. She gleans in the fields of in and, on Naomi's advice, claims him as kinsman-redeemer at the threshing floor. Their son becomes the grandfather of , and names her in the genealogy of .

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