8 Then said Naomi to her two daughters-in- law: Go return, each one to the house of her mother,Yahweh deal with you in lovingkindness, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

9 Yahweh grant you, that ye may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband,And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

10 And they said to her,With thee, will we return, unto thy people.

11 Then said NaomiGo back, my daughters! wherefore should ye journey with me? Have I, yet, sons in my womb, that they should become your, husbands?

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 to-night have a husband, and should, even bear sons,

13 would ye, therefore, tarry until they were grown? would ye, therefore, shut yourselves up from having husbands? Nay! my daughters, for it is far more bitter for me than for you, that forth hath gone against me, the hand of Yahweh.

14 And they lifted up their voice and wept, yet more. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in- law, but, Ruth, clave unto her.