Ruth is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite. After the death of all the male members of her family (her husband, her father-in-law, and her brother-in-law), she stays with her mother-in-law, Naomi, and moves to Judah with her, where Ruth wins the love and protection of a wealthy relative, Boaz, through her kindness.
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been...
The Book of Ruth is one of the shorter books of the Bible, but the story it tells is one of the most movingly...
''And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others....
