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! ¹  I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands! ² 

Ruth 4:13

A Grandson is Born to Naomi

4:13 So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. ³  The Lord enabled her to conceive ⁴  and she gave birth to a son.

Ruth 4:15

4:15 He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, ⁵  for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She ⁶  is better to you than seven sons!”

Ruth 4:17

4:17 The neighbor women named him, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. ⁷  Now he became the father of Jesse – David’s father!

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Why would you want to come with me?” Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer. The phrase “to Judah” is added in the translation for clarification.

[1:11]  ² tn Heb “Do I still have sons in my inner parts that they might become your husbands?” Again Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

[4:13]  ³ tn Heb “and Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife and he went in to her.” Here the phrase “went in to her” (so NASB) is a euphemism for having sexual relations (cf. NCV); NLT “When he slept with her.”

[4:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “gave her conception” (so KJV); NRSV “made her conceive”; NLT “enabled her to become pregnant.”

[4:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will become for you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age” (NASB similar).

[4:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “who, she”; KJV “which is better to thee.”

[4:17]  ⁷ tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).