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The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Naomi




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William Blake. Naomi Entreating Orpah and Ruth to Return to the Land of Moab, 1795. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Naomi
Biblical, exact dates uncertain, Judah and Moab (modern-day Israel)

As told in the Old Testament Book of Ruth, Naomi was a woman from Judah who, during a time of famine, moved her family to Moab, a city just east of the Dead Sea. When her husband and two sons died, she returned to Judah, bringing her daughter-in-law Ruth to Bethlehem, where she arranged a marriage between her and the wealthy landowner Boaz, one of Naomi's relatives. Ruth and Boaz became ancestors of King David and Jesus Christ.

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