Ruth 1:12 meaning and explanation
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
Ruth 1:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Naomi is speaking to her two Moabite daughters-in-law on the road out of Moab, urging them to return to their own families rather than share her uncertain future in Judah. Her words are practical, not cruel: in that culture a widow's security came through sons, and she has none left to give.
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