Ruth 1:11
1:11 But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!
Ruth 1:13
1:13 surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry!
Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time!
No,
my daughters, you must not return with me.
For my intense suffering
is too much for you to bear.
For the
Lord is afflicting me!”