Orpah

Orpah was a Moabitess who married Chilion, one of the two sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When her husband died she went part way to Bethlehem with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law but then turned back to be with her people and her gods. See Ruth 1:4, 14.

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	Character Sketch by Sandra Vincent, Copyright ©1998-2000 WORD SIGHT Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary Ronald F. Youngblood, General Editor, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995, Nashville/Atlanta/London/Vancouver Who's Who in the Bible Joan Comay and Ronald Brownrigg, Wings Books, 1993, New York/Avenel/New Jersey Life Application Study Bible New Living Translation, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1996, Wheaton, Illinois