Tobit 8:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 So she got up, and they began to pray and implore that they might be kept safe. Tobias[a] began by saying,
“Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors,
and blessed is your name in all generations forever.
Let the heavens and the whole creation bless you forever.(A)
6 You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve
as a helper and support.
From the two of them the human race has sprung.
You said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone;
let us make a helper for him like himself.’(B)
7 I now am taking this sister of mine,
not for sexual gratification,
but with sincerity.
Grant that she and I may find mercy
and that we may grow old together.”
Footnotes
- 8.5 Gk He
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