Ruth 1:12

New Living Translation

No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Go back to your parents’ home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you.” (But Judah didn’t really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father’s home.

1 Timothy 5:9

A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands?

Ruth 1:13

Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.”