Rut 1:9

9 Que el SEÑOR os conceda que halléis descanso, cada una en la casa de su marido. Entonces las besó, y ellas alzaron sus voces y lloraron,

Rut 1:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:9

The Lord grant you
Some make a supplement here, the Targum a perfect reward, Aben Ezra an husband; and so Josephus says {c}, she wished them happier marriages than they had with her sons, who were so soon taken from them; but a supplement seems needless, for what follows is connected with the wish, and contains the sum of it:

that you may find rest;
each of you:

in the house of her husband;
that is, that they might each of them be blessed with a good husband, with whom they might live free from brawls and contentions, as well as from the distressing cares of life, having husbands to provide all things necessary for them, and so from all the sorrows and distresses of a widowhood estate:

then she kissed them;
in token of her affection for them, and in order to part with them; it being usual then as now for relations and friends to kiss at parting:

and they lifted up their voice and wept;
to think they must part, and never see one another more; their passions worked vehemently, and broke out in sobs, and sighs, and tears, and loud crying.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 1.

Rut 1:9 In-Context

7 Salió, pues, del lugar donde estaba, y sus dos nueras con ella, y se pusieron en camino para volver a la tierra de Judá.

8 Y Noemí dijo a sus dos nueras: Id, volveos cada una a la casa de vuestra madre. Que el SEÑOR tenga misericordia de vosotras como vosotras la habéis tenido con los muertos y conmigo.

9 Que el SEÑOR os conceda que halléis descanso, cada una en la casa de su marido. Entonces las besó, y ellas alzaron sus voces y lloraron,

10 y le dijeron: No, sino que ciertamente volveremos contigo a tu pueblo.

11 Pero Noemí dijo: Volveos, hijas mías. ¿Por qué queréis ir conmigo? ¿Acaso tengo aún hijos en mis entrañas para que sean vuestros maridos?