The Bible In Paintings: RUTH, ORPAH AND NAOMI

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

R U T H
CHAPTER 1

There was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

The man died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. Both her sons also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi prepared to return home from there.

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.” Then she kissed them and they wept aloud and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”

But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me?”

At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by…

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MARC CHAGALL
"Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law"

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EDME ALEXIS ALFRED DEHODENCQ
"Ruth and Naomi"

…but Ruth clung to her. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Naomi and Her Daughters-In-Law"

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WILLIAM BLAKE
"Naomi Entreating Ruth and Opra
to Return to the Land of Moab"

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WILLIAM BLAKE
"Ruth the Dutiful Daughter-in-law"

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ARY SCHEFFER
"Ruth and Naomi"

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JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES
"Naomi and Her Stepdaughter"

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PHILIP HERMOGENES CALDERON
"Ruth and Naomi"

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JULIUS HUBNER
"Ruth and Naomi"

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W J WEBB

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JACOB SYMONSZ PYNAS
"Ruth Decides to Move to Bethlehem with Naomi"

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HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
"Orpah Leaving Ruth and Naomi"

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JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
"Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law"

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HAROLD COPPING
"Ruth and Naomi"

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KYRA MARKHAM
"Ruth, Naomi and Orpah"

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THOMAS MATTHEWS ROOKE
"Naomi and Ruth"

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EVELYN DE MORGAN
"Naomi and Ruth"

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JAN VICTORS
"Ruth and Naomi"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"Ruth Declares Her Loyalty to Naomi"

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CHANA HELEN ROSENBERG
"Naomi & Ruth"

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HILARY SYLVESTER
"Ruth & Naomi"

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SANDY FRECKLETON GAGAN
"‘Whither Thou Goest’"

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"Ruth and Naomi"

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But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.

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[Hebrews 11:6]

S A M S O N
GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE SAMSON
SAMSON'S CAPTIVITY AND REVENGE
R U T H
RUTH CLINGS TO NAOMI
RUTH THE GLEANER
RUTH PROPOSES, BOAZ ACCEPTS!
BOAZ REDEEMS & WEDS RUTH: OBED!
RUTH – BONUS COVERAGE

[SisterK]

Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

#30 is amazing
limited palette communicating so much truth

[Hebrews 11:6]

I like that one, too. It portrays well their intergenerational family bond.

[MayflowerMadam]

I’ve heard the song, “Whither Thou Goest I Will Go”, at so many weddings. Most people don’t know it was said by a woman to a woman. (Beautiful song, though.)

[Red Badger]

I’m sure glad it was Ruth that stayed and not Orpah!....................

Side note: ‘Oprah’ Winfrey was originally ‘ORPAH’ .....................

[Hebrews 11:6]

A beautiful promise, entirely appropriate for a wedding.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I heard her parents intended ‘Orpah’ but misspelled it....

[MayflowerMadam]

Of course. I can’t count how many times I’ve played it for weddings, either accompanying a soloist or as a piano solo. (I have a beautiful solo arrangement.)

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

[Hebrews 11:6]

Wish we could hear it now....

[etabeta]

Ruth, the symbol of loyalty and humility... I like #7 by Calderon; #23 by De Morgan, in the Pre-Raphaelite style and #30 by Gagan. And my, those stained glass windows are just glorious!

[Hebrews 11:6]

“...her first name was spelled Orpah on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and “Oprah” stuck.”

[Hebrews 11:6]

A very good morning to you, dear Alba. Hope you’re doing well....

[Red Badger]

She and I have very similar backgrounds.

Except she’s a billionaire....................😜

[Hebrews 11:6]

You have eternal riches........................

[KYGrandma]

Had it as a reading at our wedding in 1974.

[Red Badger]

I have a good Credit Score................

[BenLurkin]

Wonderful depictions from a wonderful book in the Bible. The Book of Ruth stands out as a story of God’s guiding hand in the lives of women and men. An illustration of how God requires neither miracles nor supernatural intervention to work his good in our lives.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I adore Ruth, Naomi and Boaz, and the book about them. Cannot wait to meet them!