 | Marianne Parrott - 1863 - 264 pages
...departure of Orpah, Naomi made one more attempt to persuade Ruth to follow her : " Behold/' said she, " thy sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her gods : return thou after her." But it seemed as if this allusion to her former idolatrous worship did but more firmly... | |
 | Children's Bible Hour - 2000 - 414 pages
...kissed her motherin-law good-bye. But Ruth insisted on staying with Naomi. "See, " Naomi said to her, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same. " But Ruth replied, "Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. I will go wherever... | |
 | Mari West Zimmerman - 1995 - 212 pages
...and her husband. Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-law, but Ruth clung to her. So she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your /.?ci' sister-in-law." But Ruth said, Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you.... | |
 | Jane Kurtz - 1998 - 165 pages
...go your way. " Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and turned back, but Hirute clung to her. And Nahomey said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her...to her gods; return after your sister-in-law." But Hirute said, "Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following after you; for where you go I... | |
 | Pheng Cheah, Bruce Robbins, Social Text Collective - 1998 - 398 pages
...course was courageous too.12 Was Ruth moved by faith alone? Ruth may infer from Naomi's instruction — "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods" — that Naomi is concerned about Ruth's unacceptability and unassimilability in Bethlehem. Do not... | |
 | 2002 - 652 pages
...lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15 And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back...and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law." l6 But Ruth said, "Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following you; for where you go I... | |
 | David Campbell, Michael J. Shapiro - 1999 - 292 pages
...course was courageous too. 21 Was Ruth moved by faith alone? Ruth may infer from Naomi's instruction— "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods" — that Naomi is concerned about Ruth's unacceptability and unassimilability in Bethlehem. Do not... | |
 | Athalya Brenner-Idan - 1999 - 273 pages
...storyline. Naomi the Israelite now names the hurdle, which is not only kinship but a matter of the divine. Your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods (1.15). Can a Moabite Ruth enter this Israelite story with integrity? That is the question. The audience... | |
 | Bonnie Honig - 2003 - 226 pages
...please take me with you, she pleads, knowing that Naomi does not want to. Naomi has just said to her, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return, too, as your sister-in-law has done." Ruth may detect in this instruction a concern that she, Ruth,... | |
 | Carolyn Pressler - 2002 - 332 pages
...against me." H Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15 So she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to...return after your sister-in-law." "' But Ruth said, "Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you... | |
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See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law. 
