Thematic Bible: Instance of, ruth
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Daughter-in-law » Filial » Instance of, ruth
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? 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 tonight, and should also bear sons, would ye therefore delay till they were grown? Would ye therefore stay from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of LORD has gone forth against me. read more.
And they lifted up their voices, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Return thou after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for where thou go, I will go, and where thou lodge, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou die, I will die, and there I will be buried. LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts thee and me. And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
And they lifted up their voices, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Return thou after thy sister-in-law. And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for where thou go, I will go, and where thou lodge, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou die, I will die, and there I will be buried. LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts thee and me. And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
And he shall be to thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him.
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