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Ruth 1:3-15. (3) Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. (4) They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth, and they lived there about ten years. (5) Then those two—Mahlon and Chilion—also died; so the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.
The Story. Naomi and her husband Elimelech, along with their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, leave the famine-stricken city of Bethlehem in Judah and journey to the country of Moab. The men in the family die, leaving Naomi alone with her two daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah. Naomi decides to return to her native land of Judah when she hears that ...
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- Who Was Orpah in The Bible?
- Why Did Orpah Choose Moab?
- The Consequences of Orpah’S Choice
- What Can We Learn from Orpah?
In ancient times, a name revealed a lot about that person. The meaning of one’s name identifies a person's character, but the definition of “Orpah” is not clear. Some scholars translate her name as “neck” or “stiff-necked,” referring to her choice to turn away from Naomi and her God and return to Moab. Others translate the name as “fawn” or “gazell...
When Naomi’s family arrived in Moab, Orpah and Ruth would have worshiped the gods of their people, and some scholars believe they did not convert when they married. Orpah and her husband lived together in Moab for more than 10 years. She would have witnessed the faith of Naomi, her husband and her sons, yet there is no record that she and her siste...
Orpah chose to return to her home, and Ruth decided to stay with Naomi. To leave Naomi must have been hard for Orpah. Scripture says the women wept together, and Ruth clung to her. Leaving her remaining family was heartbreaking. Orpah did not want to leave Naomi and return to Moab, but the desire to be a wife and mother weighed heavily. Moab was fa...
Orpah is not often depicted in a positive light in the Bible, because she didn't choose to stay with Naomi, and Ruth did. Orpah served as a foil to Ruth, showing the great sacrifice that Ruth made to stay with her mother-in-law. Ruth's choice led to poverty and singleness for a long period of time. Although many of us would like to picture ourselve...
Aug 20, 2019 · Orpah Begins a Journey but Then Returns Home. Orpah is the widowed daughter-in-law of Naomi and sister-in-law to Ruth. When Naomi decides to return to Judah, her daughters-in-law start out with her, but Naomi releases them. She encourages them to return to their mothers and find new husbands. Though Ruth stubbornly refuses, Orpah does the smart ...
In Brief. Orpah is one of the secondary characters of the Book of Ruth, which tells the reader only that she was Naomi’s second daughter-in-law. Like her sister-in-law Ruth, she initially wanted to accompany Naomi and return with her to her land. Unlike Ruth, she finally accepted her mother-in-law’s arguments and went back to Moab.
May 13, 2021 · The Book of Ruth, set during the time of the judges, tells how a family of four from Bethlehem in Judah—Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion—migrates to Moab during a famine. Elimelech dies soon after their arrival in Moab and the two sons marry local Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. After ten years in Moab, both ...
Nov 9, 2005 · The ultimate outcome of Oprah’s failure of nerve was that she joined the forces of evil. She returned to the fields of Moab but because she was wanton, they did not accept her. She went to the land of Philistines where she bore six bastards. All of them fell by the hand of David, the descendent of Ruth (Zohar Chadash, Ruth 81b).
