Ruth 1:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹May he give each of you another husband and a home of your own.”

Naomi kissed them. They cried ¹⁰and said, “We want to go with you and live among your people.”

¹¹But she replied, “My daughters, why don't you return home? What good will it do you to go with me? Do you think I could have more sons for you to marry?^[a]

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Footnotes

1.11 for you to marry: When a married man died and left no children, it was the custom for one of his brothers to marry his widow. Any children they had would then be thought of as those of the dead man, so that his family name would live on.