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15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law too.”

16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge[a] me to leave you or to return from following you![b] For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless[c] death separates you and me!”[d] 18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.[e]

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  1. Ruth 1:16 Literally “You shall not press me”
  2. Ruth 1:16 Literally “from behind you”
  3. Ruth 1:17 Literally “and so may he do again, that”
  4. Ruth 1:17 Literally “makes a separation between you and between me”
  5. Ruth 1:18 Literally “she ceased to speak to her”

15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to (A)her people and to her gods; (B)return after your sister-in-law.”

16 But Ruth said:

(C)“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;
(D)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(E)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

18 (F)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