Each of her sons married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years,

So Ruth gathered grain out in the field until dusk, and then threshed what she had gathered about a week's supply of barley.

Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi, told her, "My daughter, should I not make inquiries about your financial security, so you'll be better off in life?