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They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
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A Kiss vs. Clinging
Commentators unanimously contrast Orpah's kiss with Ruth's clinging. The kiss, while a customary and affectionate farewell, represented a return to her old life. Ruth's act of 'cleaving' or clinging to Naomi signified a radical, self-sacrificing commitment to Naomi and her God, illustrating the difference between fond sentiment and true covenant loyalty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The kiss at parting, as well as at meeting, is the customary friendly and respectful salutation in the East. The difference between mere kindness o…
19th Century
Anglican
Kissed. —Orpah, though unwilling to leave her mother-in-law, and though warmly attached to her, still thinks of the hardships of t…
Baptist
What a difference there often is between two persons who are under religious impressions at the same time! The one would like to follow Jesus, but …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again Not being able to bear the thought of parting, or that they must be o…
Naomi began to think of returning after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it should reform what is wrong there. Earth is m…
