World English Bible
Ruth 1:5
“Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.”
Verse in context — Ruth 1
3
Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4
They took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.
5
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
6
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
7
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 to the land of Judah.
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