Ruth
About the Book of Ruth
This book is about a woman called Ruth. She was from a country called Moab. She was not an Israelite but she married an Israelite man. Ruth was a good woman. She was very kind to her husband's mother, Naomi. They were very poor and Naomi was very sad. But Ruth and Naomi obeyed God.
A man called Boaz helped them and he married Ruth. God
1:0The Israelites were the descendants of Jacob, who was also called Israel. Jacob's 12 sons became the ancestors of Israel's 12 tribes . The land that God gave to them as their home was called Israel.