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Tobit 9:6
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 9:6
New Catholic Bible
6 The following morning they both arose early and set off to the wedding celebration. When they entered Raguel’s house, they found Tobiah reclining at table. He jumped up and greeted Gabael, who wept and blessed him with these words: “Good and noble son of a father equally good and noble, upright and generous, may the Lord bestow the blessing of heaven on you and your wife, as well as on your wife’s father and mother. Blessed be God, for I observe in Tobiah the very image of my cousin Tobit.”[a]
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- Tobit 9:6 Instead of this verse, the Vulgate (vv. 8-12) reads as follows: “8And when Gabelus entered Raguel’s house, he found Tobiah sitting at the table; Tobiah leaped up and they embraced. Gabelus wept and blessed God 9and said, ‘The God of Israel bless you, because you are the son of a very good and just man, a true worshiper of God and giver of alms. 10May a blessing come upon your wife and upon your parents. 11And may you see your children and your children’s children unto the third and fourth generation. May your seed be blessed by the God of Israel, who reigns forever and ever.’ 12And when all had said Amen, they began to feast; but the merry-making over this wedding was such as became God’s worshipers.”
