Ruth 1:12

Free Bible Version

Go back home, my daughters, because I'm too old to marry again. Even if I were to sleep with a new husband tonight and had sons,

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground. But inside he was laughing, asking himself, “How on earth could I have a son at the age of one hundred? How could Sarah have a child when she is ninety?”

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah told his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Go to your father's house and live there as a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “Maybe he'll die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went and stayed in her father's house.

1 Timothy 5:9

Only widows over sixty who have been faithful to their husbands should be put on the list.

Ruth 1:11

“Why do you want to go back with me?” Naomi asked. “I'm not able to have any more sons for you to marry.

Ruth 1:13

would you wait for them to grow up? Would you decide you weren't going to marry anyone else? No. The whole situation is more bitter for me than it is for you, for the Lord has turned against me!”