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.”

Hannah’s Vow

⁸ 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?”

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.”

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.” ’

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

¹⁶ But Ruth said:

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