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Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 1:14

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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At these dissuasive words the daughters-in-law broke out into loud weeping again (תּשּׂנה with the א dropped for תּשּׂאנה, Rut 1:9), and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and took leave of her to return to her mother's house; but Ruth clung to her (דּבק as in Gen 2:24), forsaking her father and mother to go with Naomi into the land of Judah (vid., Rut 2:11). Ruth 1:15
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