Ruth 1:8 meaning and explanation
Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
Ruth 1:8, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Naomi is speaking to Orpah and Ruth at a point on the road out of Moab, urging them to return to their mothers' homes rather than share her uncertain future in Judah. Her words are generous, not cold: she asks the LORD to repay the kindness (Hebrew chesed, steadfast covenant love) the two young women showed to their dead husbands and to her.
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