Ruth 1:11
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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?But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
In other translations
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?But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559נָעֳמִיno'omiNaomiH5281שֹׁבְנָהshoenahgo backH7725בְנֹתַיvenotaiO daughters myH1323לָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תֵלַכְנָהtelakhnahwill you goH1980עִמִּי'imiwith meH5973הַעוֹד־ha'od-¿ stillH5750לִיli[belong] to <the> meבָנִיםvanim[do] sonsH1121בְּמֵעַיbeme'aiin inward parts myH4578וְהָיוּvehayuand they will becomeH1961לָכֶםlakhemof youלַאֲנָשִׁים׃la'anashim<into> husbandsH582
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 25:5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
- Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
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People and places
People: Naomi