14 Again they wept aloud. Then ‘Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Rut stuck with her.

15 She said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god; go back, after your sister-in-law.”

16 But Rut said, “Don’t press me to leave you and stop following you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God will be my God.