Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house—In Eastern countries women occupy apartments separate from those of men, and daughters are most frequently in those of their mother.
the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead—that is, with my sons, your husbands, while they lived.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ruth 1:8:
Ruth 1:6-7
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