it's a feature story that is not about a woman of israel. it's about a know about woman. so, ruth marries into a family that actually left judea because of a famine, difficult circumstances. so she marries into the family when they're away from their homeland. but years later, tragedy hit the family. ruth and her sister in law, auba, became widows along with their mother in law, naomi. the three of them are now left unprotected without a man in that situation to watch over them in that particular time and place, it was necessary. so naomi, her mother in law, says, i'm going to go home, back to my people, the people of israel. and both of her daughter in law say, we want to go with you. the three set off on their journey to judah. but as they traveled, naomi urged the young women to go back to their homeland as she continued forward. while all but turned around. ruth chose to stay and watch over her mother in law.