This lesson is taken from Ruth, chapter 1
In the days when judges ruled in Israel, a man moved from
Bethlehem in the land of Judah. He left
his country because of a very bad famine.
The word famine means there was no food. The man took his wife and their two sons and went to live in the
country of Moab. The man wife’s name
was Naomi. The man, his wife, and their
two sons were Ephrathites. Just like in
the United States we are known as Americans.
The man died and left Naomi with her two sons. Her sons married Moabite women, Orpah and
Ruth. The name Ruth means friendship or
companion. About 10 years later both of
Naomi’s sons died. This left her alone,
without her husband or her sons. Then
Naomi heard that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good
crops again.
Naomi decided that the best thing for her to do, now that
she had no husband or sons, was to go back to Judah where she had
relatives. Naomi and her
daughter-in-laws got ready to leave Moab and return to Naomi homeland. They set out from where they had been
living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
On the way, Naomi told her daughter-in-laws, “Go back to
your mothers’ homes, instead of coming with me. May the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husband and
me. And may the Lord bless you with another marriage.” Then Naomi kissed her daughter-in-laws
good-bye. They all broke down and
cried. But Naomi daughter-in-laws told
Naomi that they wanted to go with her to her people.
But Naomi told them, “Why should you go with me? At my age I can’t have other sons, who would
grow up to be your husband’s. No,
daughters return to your own parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry
again. Even if I were to get married
tonight and have sons, then what would you do?
Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry anyone else? No!
Of course you wouldn’t. Things
are far worst for me than they are for you, because the Lord himself has caused
my pain.”
Again they all cried together, and Orpah kissed her
mother-in-law good-by. But Ruth had
made up her mind and she was going to stay with Naomi. But, Naomi tried to talk Ruth out of staying
with her. But Ruth refused to return to
her parents’ house. Instead Ruth told
Naomi, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. I will go wherever you go and live wherever you do. Your people will be my people, and your God
will be my God. I will die where you
die and I will be buried there. May the
Lord punish me terribly if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
When Naomi saw that Ruth had made up her mind to go with
her, she stopped trying to get Ruth to return to her own parent’s home. So Ruth and Naomi continued on their
journey. When they came to Bethlehem,
it was the beginning of the barley harvest, and the entire town seen them
arrive.
The women of Bethlehem asked, “Is that really Naomi?” But Naomi wanted the women to call her Mara,
for she said, the Almighty God had made my life very bitter, I went away with a
full life ahead of me, but the Lord has brought me home empty, for my husband
and sons are now dead.
Questions: Draw a
line to the correct answer
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1. Who is our lesson about?
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a. Bethlehem
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2. Where did Naomi and her family come from?
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b. they died
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3. Where did Naomi
and her husband move to?
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C. Ruth and Naomi
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4. What happen to
Naomi’s husband and sons?
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d. Ruth
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5. Which one of
Naomi daughter-in-laws went with her to Bethlehem?
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e. Moab
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Answer Sheet
Lesson Answers
Questions: Draw a
line to the correct answer
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1. Who is our lesson about? C
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a. Bethlehem
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2. Where did Naomi and her family come from? A
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b. they died
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3. Where did Naomi
and her husband move to? E
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C. Ruth and Naomi
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4. What happen to
Naomi’s husband and sons? B
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d. Ruth
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5. Which one of
Naomi daughter-in-laws went with her to Bethlehem? D
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e. Moab
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