Ruth 1:12

Good News Translation

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,

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?”

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.

1 Timothy 5:9

Do not add any widow to the list of widows unless she is over sixty years of age. In addition, she must have been married only once

Ruth 1:11

“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?

Ruth 1:13

would you wait until they had grown up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that's impossible. The Lord has turned against me, and I feel very sorry for you.”