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14 Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

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14 At this they wept(A) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(B) goodbye,(C) but Ruth clung to her.(D)

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16 But Ruth said,

“Do not press me to leave you,
    to turn back from following you!
Where you go, I will go;
    where you lodge, I will lodge;
your people shall be my people
    and your God my God.(A)

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16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(A) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(B) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(C) and your God my God.(D)

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17 Where you die, I will die,
    and there will I be buried.
May the Lord do thus to me,
    and more as well,
if even death parts me from you!”

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17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if even death separates you and me.”(B)

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