Charles Ellicott Commentary Ruth 1:6

"Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread." — Ruth 1:6 (ASV)

That she might return. —Literally, and she returned. Clearly, therefore, the three women actually began the journey; and when the start had been made, Naomi urges her companions to return. Then, as with Pliable in Pilgrim’s Progress, so with Orpah: the dangers and difficulties of the way were too much for her affection.

The Lord had visited His people. —The famine had ceased, and Naomi’s heart yearns for the old home. Perhaps, too, the scenes where everything reminded her of her husband and sons filled her with sadness (for it would appear that she set out immediately after her sons’ death), and perhaps, too, her conscience struck her for distrusting the mercies of the God of Israel.