Ruth 1:6-10

New International Version

Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem

⁶ When Naomi heard in Moab^(A) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people^(B) by providing food^(C) for them, she and her daughters-in-law^(D) prepared to return home from there. ⁷ With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

⁸ Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.^(E) May the Lord show you kindness,^(F) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands^(G) and to me. ⁹ May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest^(H) in the home of another husband.”

Then she kissed^(I) them goodbye and they wept aloud^{(J) 10} and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”