Ruth 1:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Naomi replied, “Go back, my daughters. Why come with me? Have I other sons in my womb who could become your husbands?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:5

When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not marry anyone outside the family; but her husband’s brother shall come to her, marrying her and performing the duty of a brother-in-law.

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up”—for he feared that Shelah also might die like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Ruth 1:10

crying, “No! We will go back with you, to your people.”

Ruth 1:12

Go, my daughters, for I am too old to marry again. Even if I had any such hope, or if tonight I had a husband and were to bear sons,

Genesis 38:9

Onan, however, knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he had intercourse with his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.