Women of the Bible Her name is translated, Friend, she is the daughter-in-law of Naomi out of the country of Moab. And when Naomi's husband had died, then her two sons, Naomi pleaded with her two daughters in- law- to return to the house of their mothers, Ophra returned, but Ruth refused to go. For she (Ruth) pleaded with her mother-in-law not to send her back home to her people, or stop her from following her , for she said , I will not leave you, or stop following after you. Ruth said, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God: Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, and the only thing that will part us will be death. following her, for she said, Some people follow after fame, fortune and some follow wealth, but not Ruth, this woman of the Bible. Naomi had nothing else to give this woman, after the death of her husband and her tw