Ruth 1:6

When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Naomi, widowed and childless in Moab, hears that the LORD has provided food for His people in Judah. She and her two daughters-in-law rise to leave.

The words — קָם (qām, "she arose") marks decisive action, not mere intention; שְׂדֵי (sēdē, "region/fields") in place of a simple "from Moab" gives the land a quality of distance, as if she is stepping out of a place that no longer holds her.

The thread — The formula "heard that the LORD had attended to" echoes Exodus 4:31, where the same phrase triggers belief and departure. The provision motif also runs through Psalm 132:15 and 111:5.

Why it lands — The verse ties a concrete act of divine provision to a concrete act of human movement; it asks the reader to see that God's care is not a sentiment but a cause that sets people in motion.

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The Hebrew words

וַתָּ֤קָםva./Ta.komand/ she arose הִיא֙hi'she וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָve./kha.lo.Tei./haand/ daughters-in-law/ her וַתָּ֖שָׁבva./Ta.shovand/ she returned מִשְּׂדֵ֣יmi./se.Deifrom/ [the] region<s> of מוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvMoab כִּ֤יkiif שָֽׁמְעָה֙sha.me.'Ahshe had heard בִּשְׂדֵ֣הbi/s.Dehin/ [the] region of מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoab כִּֽי־ki-that פָקַ֤דfa.Kadhe had visited יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahweh אֶת־'et-<obj.>עַמּ֔וֹa.M/opeople/ his לָתֵ֥תla./Tetby/ givingלָהֶ֖םla./Hemto <the>/ themלָֽחֶם׃La.chemfood

King James Version

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

Cross-references

Psalms 132:15 I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Exodus 4:31 and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
Psalms 111:5 He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
Exodus 3:16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Luke 1:68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
Exodus 16:4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
1 Samuel 2:21 So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.