15 And may he be to you a restorer of life and a [a]nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is (A)better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 4:15 sustainer

15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,(A) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,(B) has given him birth.”

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22 (A)Cast your burden on the Lord,
And (B)He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be [a]moved.

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  1. Psalm 55:22 shaken

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;(A)
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.(B)

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Even to your old age, (A)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (B)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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Even to your old age and gray hairs(A)
    I am he,(B) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain(C) you and I will rescue you.

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Hannah’s Vow

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not (A)better to you than ten sons?”

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Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(A)

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11 And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, (A)all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. 12 (B)The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, (C)under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

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11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(A) since the death of your husband(B)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(C) before.(D) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(E) the God of Israel,(F) under whose wings(G) you have come to take refuge.(H)

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11 There I will (A)provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.” ’

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11 I will provide for you there,(A) because five years of famine(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’(C)

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12 Then Joseph provided (A)his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.

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12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.(A)

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24 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin

24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(A)

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16 But Ruth said:

(A)“Entreat[a] me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
(B)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(C)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

18 (D)When she saw that she [b]was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

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  1. Ruth 1:16 Urge me not
  2. Ruth 1:18 Lit. made herself strong to go

16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(A) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(B) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(C) and your God my God.(D) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(E) if even death separates you and me.”(F) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(G)

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