Rut 1:1 | HCSB | STEP | During the time of the judges , there was a famine in the land . A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to live in the land of Moab for a while .

‏ Ruth 1:1

1 During the time ^{▼▼Lit In the days of the judging} of the judges, ^b there was a famine in the land. ^c A man left Bethlehem ^{▼▼= House of Bread
,} ^e in Judah with his wife and two sons to live in the land of Moab for a while.