Tobit 7:9-11

New Catholic Bible

Sarah Is Given in Marriage to Tobiah. ⁹ Afterward Raguel slaughtered a ram from the flock and gave them a warm welcome. When they had bathed and reclined to eat, Tobiah said to Raphael, “Brother Azariah, please ask Raguel to give me my kinswoman Sarah in marriage.” ¹⁰ Raguel overheard this and said to the young man, “Eat and drink and be merry tonight, for no one else but you, my brother, has the right to marry my daughter Sarah. In any event, I do not have the right to give her to anyone else, since you are my closest relative.

“However, my son, I must frankly reveal the truth to you. ¹¹ I have previously given her in marriage to seven of our kinsmen, and they all died on their wedding night when they entered her chamber. But for the moment, my child, eat and drink, and may the Lord show kindness in dealing with you both.” Tobiah answered, “I will neither eat nor drink anything until you give me what is mine.”

Raguel said to him, “I will do so. She is yours, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Book of Moses, and heaven itself decrees that she be given to you. Take your kinswoman; from now on you belong to her and she belongs to you. She is given to you from today forever. May the Lord of heaven look upon you favorably tonight, my child, and grant you mercy and peace.”