Ruth 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 1:7

Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.

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ASV

And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

KJV

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֵּצֵ֗א	va.te.Tze'	and she went out	H3318 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַמָּקוֹם֙	ha.ma.kOm	the place	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	where	H834 →
הָיְתָה־	ha.ye.tah-	she had been	H1961 →
שָׁ֔מָּה	Sha.mah	there <towards>	H8033 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֥י	u.she.Tei	and [the] two	H8147 →
כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָ	kha.lo.Tei.ha	daughters-in-law her	H3618 →
עִמָּ֑הּ	'i.Mah	[were] with her	H5973 →
וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה	va.te.Lakh.nah	and they went	H1980 →
בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ	va.De.rekh	on the way	H1870 →
לָשׁ֖וּב	la.Shuv	to return	H7725 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3618khaloteihadaughters-in-law her34×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ruth 1:14
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
leads to
- Proverbs 18:24
  A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
- Matthew 16:24
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Matthew 10:37
  Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Hebrews 10:39
  But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
- John 6:66–69
  From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
Through
Exodus 18:27
Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
leads to
- Numbers 10:29–30
  Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…
- Judges 19:9
  When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See,…
Through
Ruth 1:10
and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
leads to
- Zechariah 8:23
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for…

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