And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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Aquinas Study Bible
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go home to your mothers: She said this because their fathers were dead or because women are closer to their mothers than to their fathers. (Nicholas of Lyra Com Ruth)
Mothers, who had separate apartments from the men. (Calmet)
Me. They had behaved with great respect and love towards their husbands, and towards Noemi, whom they even wish to accompany. (Menochius)
The pronouns in this, and verses 9, 11, 13, and 19, are surprisingly corrupted in Hebrew being masculine or feminine, where we should expect the contrary. (Kennicott)
