Ruth.1.11

Ruth 1:11

KJV

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi

Naomi Widowed

Cross References

Genesis 38:11

KJV

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Judah and Tamar

Deuteronomy 25:5

KJV

¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

Widowhood and Marriage

Sundry Laws

Ruth 1:10

KJV

And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi

Naomi Widowed

Ruth 1:12

KJV

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;