Week 1

• Elimelech - husband of Naomi
• Naomi - a widow; returned to Bethlehem with one daughter-in-law, Ruth
• Mahlon and Chilion - sons
• Ruth - a woman who after being widowed remained with her husband's mother
• Ruth - Mahlon’s wife
• Orpah - Chilion’s wife
• Boaz - a wealthy landowner of Bethlehem in Judea. He married Ruth.
• Settings: Bethlehem and Moab
• What was the reason that Elimelech’s family moved to Moab?

  Famine
• What is Naomi’s new name? What is the meaning of it?

  Mara, bitter
• Naomi means ‘pleasant’
• Why did Naomi consider Boaz to be a worthy husband for Ruth?

  Boaz was the nearest male relative and he was not married.
• Why do you think she was searching for a husband for Ruth in the first place?

  She wanted Ruth to be happily married.
• Levirate law - custom or law decreeing that a widow should, or in rare cases must, marry her dead husband's brother or close relative.
• When Ruth asked Boaz to marry her, how did Boaz react?

  Boaz found himself lucky enough to get married to Ruth.
• Why did Naomi change her name to Mara?

  Because the Almighty have made her life very bitter