And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
Ver. 4. And they took them wives of the women of Moab.] Which haply they had not been suffered to do if their father had lived: their mother, it may be, could as little hinder it, as Rebekah Esau's marrying those daughters of Heth. But God had a holy hand in it: he ordereth the disorders of men to his own glory.
The name of the one was Orpah.] She was Chilion's wife, as Ruth was Mahlon's; Rth 4:10 whether they were sisters is uncertain, but sure enough they were not King Eglon's daughters, as the Chaldee Paraphrast thinketh.
And they dwelt there about ten years.] A sore affliction to Naomi no doubt. See Psalms 120:5. Lord - said a certain good woman on her deathbed, and in trouble of mind, - send me not to hell among the wicked; for thou knowest I could never in all my life like their company.