Ruth 1
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ruth 1:7-15

7So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 8And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. 1May the Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 9May the Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. 10And they said to her, “No, but we will surely return with you to your people.” 11But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that 2they may be your husbands? 12Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons, 13would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is 3harder for me than for you, for 4the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.” 14And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

15Then she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her 5gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ruth 1:8 2 Tim 1:16 ↩
  2. 2. Ruth 1:11 Gen 38:11; Deut 25:5 ↩
  3. 3. Ruth 1:13 Lit more bitter ↩
  4. 4. Ruth 1:13 Judg 2:15; Job 19:21; Ps 32:4 ↩
  5. 5. Ruth 1:15 Josh 24:15; Judg 11:24 ↩

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