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would you thereforewaituntil* they were grown? Would you thereforerefrain from marrying**? No, my daughters; for it is [a]harder* for me than for you, for 1the hand of the LORD has goneforth against me."
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But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
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"Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons,
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would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying ? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me."
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And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."