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11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons; 13 would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it [a]grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

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  1. Ruth 1:13 Or, it is far more bitter for me than for you