What was the relationship between Naomi and Ruth?
Ruth was Naomi’s daughter-in-law. When both of them were widowed, Ruth would not leave her mother-in-law alone. Ruth 1:4-5, 14-16
What the Bible says
Ruth 1:16
She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
Ruth 1:17
The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Did you know?
The women of Bethlehem told Naomi that Ruth, who loved her, was worth more to her than seven sons. Ruth 4:15