3. Now, Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left alone with her two sons.
4. Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for about ten years.
5. Then both Mahlon and Chilion died as well. So Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband.
6. Naomi and her daughters-in-law started on the way back from the country of Moab. (While they were still in Moab she heard that the Lord had come to help his people and give them food.