1:6-10
Some time later Naomi learnt that “the Lord had come to the aid of His people”. So the famine was over. Note that it is seen as a direct action of the Lord. Naomi prepared to return home, and to take her two daughters-in-law with her. They then set out on the road back to Judah. Part way along the road Naomi seems to have had second thoughts about bringing her two daughters-in-law back with her. It seems that she had a good relationship with them, but urges them to go to their own country, and to do so with her blessing. She wanted them to find husbands there. However, the two women state that they will continue to go back with Naomi.
1:11-13
Naomi, however, urges them to go back. She outlines the stark reality of the situation. It was unlikely that any of the Israelite men would want to take Moabite women as wives (though I’m not sure that this would be the case), and there was no way that Naomi could produce sons for them to marry! She sees them as still having the possibility of a good life, while life has turned bitter for Naomi. She thinks that God has turned His hand against her, and the circumstances would support this view. But we know that that was not the case. We need to be careful about judging things by circumstances.
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