14 Then they lift up their voice and wept again, and Orpah [a]kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth abode still with her.

15 And Naomi said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: [b]return thou after thy sister-in-law.

16 And Ruth answered, Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to depart from thee: for whither thou goest, I will go: and where thou dwellest, I will dwell: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:14 When she took leave and departed.
  2. Ruth 1:15 No persuasions can prevail to turn them back from God, whom he hath chosen to be his.

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