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Ruth's mother-in-law — lost everything in Moab and returned to Israel calling herself 'Bitter'
open_in_newLeft Bethlehem with her husband and two sons during a famine, settled in Moab, then her husband and both sons died. She tried to send her daughters-in-law back to their families, but Ruth refused to leave. Naomi returned to Bethlehem broken, telling people to call her Mara ('bitter') because the LORD had dealt bitterly with her. The rest of the story is God restoring everything she lost.