# Ruth 1:1

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
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- Book: [Ruth](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth)
- Chapter: [Ruth 1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.