And may Yahweh give you another husband and cause you to find rest in a happy home.” Then Naomi tenderly embraced Orpah and Ruth and kissed them goodbye, but they wailed and sobbed.
With tears streaming down his face, Joseph kissed each brother, one by one. After their tearful, emotional embrace, they took time to speak brother-to-brother.
So he came near and kissed him. Isaac recognized the smell of his son’s clothes and blessed him, saying, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a lush field that Yahweh has blessed!
But soon Naomi said to them, “Each of you, go back to your mother’s home. May Yahweh show his loyal love and kindness to you—the same loyal love and kindness you’ve shown to me and to those who have died.