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Who Was Naomi?
In short
Naomi was an Israelite woman who lost her husband and both sons in a foreign land and returned home in bitter grief, even asking to be called 'Mara,' meaning bitter.
Yet through the fierce loyalty of her daughter-in-law Ruth, God restored her joy and wove her into the family line of King David, and of Jesus.
“He shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age.”
Ruth 4:15 · King James Version (public domain)
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