^{11 Ref} And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

^{12 Ref} Turn again, 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 to-night, and should also bear sons;

^{13 Ref} would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

^{14 Ref} And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

^{15 Ref} And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.

^{16 Ref} And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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;

^{17 Ref} where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

^{18 Ref} And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.