Verse 12
Ruth 1:12
Free Bible Version
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They started crying loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on tightly to Naomi.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שֹׁ֤בְנָה בְנֹתַ/י֙ לֵ֔כְןָ כִּ֥י זָקַ֖נְתִּי מִ/הְי֣וֹת לְ/אִ֑ישׁ כִּ֤י אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ יֶשׁ לִ֣/י תִקְוָ֔ה גַּ֣ם הָיִ֤יתִי הַ/לַּ֨יְלָה֙ לְ/אִ֔ישׁ וְ/גַ֖ם יָלַ֥דְתִּי בָנִֽים
English Translation
Return, my daughters, go, for I am too old to have a husband; for I said, 'I have hope, even if I were to have a husband tonight and also bear sons.'
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Chapter 1 Context
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There was a famine during the time when the judges ruled Israel, so a man left Bethlehem in Judah an...
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His name was Elimelech, and his wife's name Naomi. His sons were called Mahlon and Chilion. They wer...
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However, Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.
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The sons married Moabite women. One was called Orpah, the other was called Ruth. After about ten yea...
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both Mahlon and Chilion died. Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband.
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However, as they left, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you, go back to your mother'...
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May the Lord give you a good home with another husband.” She kissed them, and they all started to cr...
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“No! We want to go back with you to your people,” they replied.
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“Why do you want to go back with me?” Naomi asked. “I'm not able to have any more sons for you to ma...
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Go back home, my daughters, because I'm too old to marry again. Even if I were to sleep with a new h...
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would you wait for them to grow up? Would you decide you weren't going to marry anyone else? No. The...
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They started crying loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on tigh...
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“Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her,” said Nao...
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But Ruth replied, “Please don't keep on telling me to leave you and go back. Where you go, I will go...
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Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me harshly if I let anyth...
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When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped telling Ruth to go home.
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So the two of them walked on until they reached Bethlehem. When they arrived there, the whole town g...
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She said to them, “Don't call me Naomi! Call me Mara, for the Almighty has treated me very bitterly.
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I left here full, but the Lord has brought me home empty. Why call me Naomi when the Lord has condem...
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This is the way that Naomi returned from Moab with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law. They arri...
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