Ruth 1:11

Good News Translation

“You must go back, my daughters,” Naomi answered. “Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?

Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father's house and remain a widow until my son Shelah grows up.” He said this because he was afraid that Shelah would be killed, as his brothers had been. So Tamar went back home.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he had intercourse with his brother's widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, so that there would be no children for his brother.

Deuteronomy 25:5

“If two brothers live on the same property and one of them dies, leaving no son, then his widow is not to be married to someone outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her.

Ruth 1:10

and said to her, “No! We will go with you to your people.”

Ruth 1:12

Go back home, for I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and so got married tonight and had sons,