Belonging – ‘Your people shall be my people, and your God
my God’.
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| ‘Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah to Return…’ (19th c.), William BLAKE
William Blake (1757-1827) shows Naomi at the bitter end of her resources. Widowed and bereft of her sons, she shows her open hands and grief-stricken face, revealing that she has nothing to give her daughters-in-law. She has to summon all her strength to release them to their families, and expecting nothing in return. But although the bowed postures of both girls are similar, Ruth bends towards Naomi and clings to her while Orpah, equally bent in grief, strides away. Naomi finds comfort and the promise of a new family is born.
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