Her widowed mother - in - law, Naomi, had lived in Moab but decided to move back to the Israelite town of Bethlehem.
وَفِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ ،‏ أَلَحَّتْ نُعْمِي عَلَى رَاعُوثَ أَنْ تَرْجِعَ إِلَى شَعْبِهَا .‏