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A FARMER'S WIFE
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A FARMER'S WIFE
THE STORY OF RUTH
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A FARMER'S WIFE
THE STORY OF RUTH.
IN the district called Ephrath, belonging to the tribe of Judah, stood the city of Bethlehem, or "house of bread." It was a city with walls and gates, and lay between fruitful hills and well-watered valleys. There among pleasant cornfields and pasture lands lived a man named Elimelech, which means "my God is my King." He was descended from one of the princes of Judah, and was a man of means and consequence.