Tobit 7:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ Raguel’s wife Edna also wept for Tobit, as did Sarah their daughter.

Tobias marries Sarah

⁹ Raguel slaughtered a ram from his flock and eagerly entertained his guests. When they had bathed and washed, they reclined to eat dinner. Tobias said to Raphael, “Brother Azariah, tell Raguel that he should give me my relative Sarah as a wife.”

¹⁰ Raguel overheard Tobias’ comment and said to the young man, “Eat, drink, and be happy tonight! There is no other man except you, my brother, for whom it is proper to marry my daughter Sarah. What’s more, I have no right to give her to any man except for you since you are my nearest relative.

“But, my lad, I must tell you the truth.