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Ruth 1:14

โ€œThey lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Ruth 1

12

Go back, 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;

13

would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.

14

They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.

15

She said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.

16

Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;

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