{"content":[{"text":"in Moab and escape the famine and the terrible conditions occurring Bethlehem. The said","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.088629,"width":0.70051,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"Moabites were a sematic people and were actually related to the Hebrews. They were a tribe","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.123465,"width":0.7234700000000001,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"descended from Moab, the son of Lot, born of an incestuous relationship with the oldest daughter","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.158326,"width":0.763969,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"(2).","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.1932,"width":0.02778399999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"As the narrative continues, Elimelech and his wife Naomi and their sons did in fact settle","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.238149,"width":0.697942,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"in Moab. It is not indicated whether they found work or not, but being foreigners in such a","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.272997,"width":0.708531,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"country, one can assume, that they experienced some difficulties. The bible says that","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.307846,"width":0.6632729999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"consequently Elimelech died and left Naomi a widow and his two sons. Soon enough the two","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.342732,"width":0.7324229999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"sons managed to find brides in Moab and got married to two Moabite women namely, Orpah and","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.377568,"width":0.760863,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Ruth. The story continues and tells us that after a period of ten years, the two sons Mahlon and","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.412429,"width":0.742842,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Kilion also died. Naomi was then left without a husband and two sons and now had to take care","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.447303,"width":0.749549,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"of two daughters in laws who were now widows. The three women, as one would assume, were","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.482152,"width":0.749412,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"in a difficult position in finding food and fending for themselves. They would also find","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.517,"width":0.681751,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"themselves in an extremely vulnerable situation as they are those who would wish to take","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.551849,"width":0.7006859999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"advantage of them due to their prevailing conditions.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.586722,"width":0.414844,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"JOURNEY TO BETHELEM","bbox":{"left":0.382484,"top":0.678101,"width":0.23531299999999994,"height":0.019635999999999987}},{"text":"The bible says that the three widows continued to remain in Moab and we are further","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.766558,"width":0.6664120000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"informed that Naomi received information that the situation in Bethlehem and the prevailing","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.801407,"width":0.724549,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"famine had subsided. In view of this information Naomi and her two widowed daughters in law,","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.836255,"width":0.754675,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"decided to leave Moab and head for Bethlehem. While along the way, the bible informs us that","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.871135,"width":0.743235,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}