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11 And Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why do you still want to go with me?[a] Are there sons in my womb[b] that may be husbands for you? 12 Turn back, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband.[c] If I should think there is hope for me, even if I should have a husband this night, and even if I should bear sons, 13 would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying?[d] No, my daughters, for it is far more bitter to me than to you. For the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:11 Literally “To what do you want to go still for me?”
  2. Ruth 1:11 Literally “in my intestines”
  3. Ruth 1:12 Literally “I am too old from being to a man”
  4. Ruth 1:13 Literally “Would you therefore let yourself be hindered to not belong to a man?”