And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Ver. 14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again.] As loath to part, for the old love's sake. Tears are no sign of an effeminate spirit, witness David, Paul, Peter, &c. Seneca, though a Stoic, saith, Flendum, non plorandum; men may weep, but not wail.
And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law.] For a final farewell. Kαταφιλειν ουκ εστι φιλειν, saith Philo. Apostates betray Christ with a kiss: temporaries forsake him, and embrace this present world. So did Jehu, Judas, Demas, Henry IV of France, once Bonus orbi, afterwards Orbus boni, as one wittily anagrammatised his name Borbonius.
But Ruth clave unto her.] Heb., Was glued unto her, as a wife to her husband, inseparably. Gen 2:24 Mat 19:5 "He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit." 1Co 6:17