Also known as: Mara
Mother-in-law of Ruth. Left Bethlehem during a famine and returned from Moab with Ruth, who showed her great loyalty.
No family relationships recorded.
Mother-in-law of Ruth.
Left Bethlehem during a famine and returned from Moab with Ruth, who showed her great loyalty.
“And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and con...”

Gustave Doré, 1866
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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1860
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons