Ruth · Multiple choice

Naomi asked to be called Mara. What does it mean?

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  • Empty
  • Stranger
  • Bitter
  • Widow
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The answer

Bitter

She said the Almighty had made her life bitter.

“And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.”

Ruth 1:20 · KJV

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