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|And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
|And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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|Now Naomi told her daughters-in-law, Go back, each of you to your mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as kindly as you have dealt with your late husbands and with me.
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|The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
|The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
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|"May the LORD grant that you each find rest in the house of a new husband." Then she kissed them good-bye. Then they cried out, weeping, in loud voices.
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|And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
|And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
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|They said, "But we want to go back with you, to your people!"
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|And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
|And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
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|Naomi said, "Please turn back. What can you gain by going with me? Could I possibly bear more sons to grow up and marry you?"
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|Naomi is thinking in terms of the levirate obligation that a surviving brother owes to a surviving sister-in-law. But that question is totally moot, because the sons of Naomi are both dead, and Naomi has no prospect of bearing any more.
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|Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
|Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
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|"Turn back, my daughters! Go your own way! Listen: I am too old to have another husband. And even if I had any hope of that, even should I have a husband tonight, and he should make me pregnant with sons,
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|Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
|Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
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|"are you going to wait for them to grow up? Will you really go without having husbands until they are ready? No, my daughters. I feel very bitter for your sakes, that the hand of the LORD is raised against me."
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|And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
|And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
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|They cried out and wept with loud voices all over again. This time Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung to her.
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|And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
|And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
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|Naomi said, "Look: your sister-in-law is going back to her people, and to her gods. Go back after her."
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|And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
|And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
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|But Ruth said, "Don't ask me to leave you, or to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I go. Wherever you take shelter, I also will take shelter. Your people will be my people, and your [[God]] my God.
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|Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
|Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
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|"Where you die, I will die, and I will be buried there. May the LORD punish me as severely as He sees fit if anything but death parts you and me."
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|That last is a very solemn oath indeed.
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|When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
|When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
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|When Naomi saw that Ruth was unshakably determined to go with her, she quit trying to talk to her that way.
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|So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
|So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
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|So the two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened that when they arrived in Bethlehem, everyone in the city talked about them. They said, "Is that Naomi?"
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|And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
|And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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|And she told them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the All-sufficient One has been very bitter toward me.
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|In Hebrew, "Mara" means "bitter." The word rendered "Almighty" actually means "He-who-suffices."
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|I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
|I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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|"I went out full, and the LORD brought me home again empty. Why should you call me Naomi, when you can see that the LORD has brought me low, and the All-sufficient One has done me such harm?"
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|So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
|So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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|So Naomi came back home.and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came back with her out of the territory of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the month of Aviv.
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|Literally, "in the beginning of barley harvest." The Israelites named their months for agricultural seasons. In those days, the month Aviv, the beginning of the religious year, began at the first new [[moon]] that the priests observed after the barley ears began to ripen. This generally meant the new moon next following the [[Spring]] [[Equinox]]. But the ancient Israelites were farmers above all, and ''not'' [[Astronomy|astronomers]] and certainly not [[Astrology|astrologers]].
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