Ruth 1:8
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
The verse belongs to Naomi's return from her sojourn in Moab toward Bethlehem in Judah after her husband and her sons died, with Ruth, one of her daughters-in-law, going with her. Her own return was tied to the inheritance her family had left in Bethlehem, which she was too poor to hold and had no son to preserve. Ruth's choice to go with her gave Naomi hope, because she still had kinsmen in Bethlehem who could redeem the inheritance and preserve the family name.
On the way Naomi urged her two widowed daughters-in-law to go back, each to her mother's house and to her own kindred and families in Moab, rather than follow her to Judah. She did this unselfishly out of concern for their welfare, believing return would be every way to their earthly and temporal advantage. She feared they would face hardship and gain no temporal advantage by going with her.
The invitation to turn back was not because going was best for them, but as a test of their fidelity, like Elijah telling Elisha to tarry. In sending them back she asked the LORD to deal kindly with them as and in return for the kindness and loyalty they had shown to their deceased husbands and to her. She recognized their loyalty and care in so doing. In doing so she blessed them and wished them peace and rest.
Her appeal divided them: Orpah accepted the farewell and returned home, while Ruth remained with Naomi, went with her to Bethlehem, and committed herself to Naomi's people and God. Orpah withstood for a time with tears, then kissed Naomi and went back to her mother and to the gods of Moab. Her name is mentioned no more, and her connection with the people of God ceased forever.
For refusing to turn back even when invited, Ruth was honored with a place in the chief family in Israel, became one of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, had her history preserved in the Bible as a precious legacy, and has her name in all probability now in the Lamb's book of life, showing that only those whose hearts are steadfast are accepted.