are there: This alludes to the custom that when a married brother died, without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow; and the children of such marriages were accounted those of the deceased brother. This address of Naomi to her daughter-in-law is exceedingly tender, persuasive, and affecting. that they: Gen 38:11, Deu 25:5 Reciprocal: Gen 38:8 - General Gen 38:9 - General Rth 2:11 - all that 2Sa 15:19 - Ittai Mat 22:24 - Moses Mar 12:19 - that Luk 20:28 - General Joh 6:67 - Will Rom 4:18 - against Gal 4:27 - desolate