Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, Cross References Genesis 38:11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her father's house. Ruth 1:11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands? Ruth 1:13 would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me." Treasury of Scripture Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; too old Genesis 17:17 1 Timothy 5:9 I should have. |