Ruth 1:11 (KJV)

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And Naomi said Turn again my daughters why will ye go with me are there yet any more sons in my womb that they may be your husbands

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that they. Ge 38:11 De 25:5

are there.This alludes to the custom that when a married brother died, without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow; and the children of such marriages were accounted those of the deceased brother. This address of Naomi to her daughter-in-law is exceedingly tender, persuasive, and affecting.

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