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The Story of Ruth

Ruth 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother-in-law, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me."Lady Karissa loves to read to her children and she loves the stories about courageous women and she decides to read The Story of Ruth from The Old Testament of Lady Elizabeth and Lady Samhain.

Elimelech, a man of Bethlehem-Judah, with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, went in time of famine and sojourned in the land of Moab. There Elimelech died, and the two sons married, Mahlon taking Ruth as his wife, and Chilion taking Orpah – both women of Moab, where both sons likewise died. Naomi heard that the famine in Judah had passed, and determined to return home. Ruth, in spite of the dissuasion of Naomi, accompanied her mother-in-law to Bethlehem. The two women arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest in a state of dire poverty. Elimelech had an inheritance of land among his brethren, but Naomi will be compelled to sell it unless she can find a Goel, that is, a kinsman of Elimelech who could assert Elimelech's inheritance rights.[1]

Elimelech had a prosperous relative in Bethlehem named Boaz who, like others, was engaged in the harvest. Naomi sent Ruth to glean in his fields, and, after he had spoken kindly to her and shown her some favors, she, still acting upon the advice of her mother-in-law, approached Boaz at night and put herself in his power. Boaz was attracted to her, but he told her there was a kinsman nearer than he who had the first right to redeem the estate and that this kinsman needed to renounce his right before Boaz could proceed. Boaz called this kinsman before the elders and told him of Ruth's situation. The kinsman drew off his shoe in token that he had renounced his rights in favor of Boaz. Boaz bought the estate from Naomi and married Ruth. Ruth and Boaz became the parents of Obed, who became the father of Jesse, the father of David.[1]

said, 'May you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter; your latest act of kindness is greater than the first, not to follow the young men, whether poor or rich.'" Commentary of Rashi (c. 1040–1105) regarding the first act of kindness: "that you did with your mother-in-law".

Ruth's kindness as noted in the Book of Ruth by Boaz is seen in the Jewish Tradition as in rare contradistinction to the peoples of Moab (where Ruth comes from) and Amon in general, who were noted by the Torah for their distinct lack of kindness. Deut. 23:5: "Because they [the peoples of Amon and Moab] did not greet you with bread and water on the way when you left Egypt, and because he [the people of Moab] hired Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim against you, to curse you." Rashi notes regarding Israel's travels on the way: "when you were in [a state of] extreme exhaustion."

According to the Ruth Rabbah, Ruth was Orpah's sister and the two were daughters of Eglon, the king of Moab; according to the same text, Eglon was the son of Balak.[3] Tamar Meir of the Jewish Women's Archive writes that Ruth and David being descended from these two men is seen as a "reward" for them.[3] For Balak, it is his reward for building altars and for Eglon, it is his reward for "arising upon hearing the name of God from Ehud son of Gera".[3] The same text says Ruth did not convert during her marriage to Mahlon, contradicting other rabbinic literature, which says Ruth formally converted to Judaism for the sake of marrying Mahlon but did not fully accept the faith until later.[3]

Josephus viewed the Book of Ruth as historical and referenced it in his Antiquities of the Jews.[4] Yitzhak Berger suggests Naomi's plan was that Ruth seduce Boaz, just as Tamar and Lot's daughters all seduced "an older family member in order to become the mother of his offspring". At the crucial moment, however, "Ruth abandons the attempt at seduction and instead requests a permanent, legal union with Boaz."[5]

Ruth is one four women mentioned in The  Gospel  of St. Matthew along  Bathsheba, mother of King Solomon, Esther, and Blessed Virgin Mary who is the mother of Jesus Christ and Thank you our Islam brothers and sisters for recognizing the important of the Matrilineal line of Jesus Christ as Joseph was Jesus's foster father and according to the Book of St. Luke he was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

Lady Karissa loves to read different stories out of the Old Testament to Lady Elizabeth, Lady Samhain, Lord Andrew JR and Lady Caroline Matilda long with stories about Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark to her children.

Lord Andrew Charles and Lord Richard William watch Lady Karissa watch as she reads to their children and they don't believe how good a mother she is to their children.

Lord Andrew Charles looks at Lord Richard William and he says to his cousin, "I have to admit we made a good choice when we choose Lady Karissa to be the mother of our children."

Lord Richard William tells Lord Andrew Charles " I have to agree with you there."