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Ruth 1:1

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ruled: Heb. judged

a famine: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 43:1; Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:23-24, Deuteronomy 28:38; 2 Samuel 21:1; 1 Kings 17:1-12, 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 8:1-2; Psalms 105:16, Psalms 107:34; Jeremiah 14:1; Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:21; Joel 1:10-11, Joel 1:16-20; Amos 4:6, Beth-lehem-judah, Judges 17:8, Judges 19:1-2

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