Tobit 7:1-9

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Arrival at Home of Raguel

7 Now when they^[a] entered Ecbatana, Tobias^[b] said to him, “Azariah, my brother, take me straight to our brother Raguel.” So he took him to Raguel’s house, where they found him sitting beside the courtyard door. They greeted him first, and he replied, “Many greetings, my brothers; welcome and good health!” Then he brought them into his house.^{(A) 2} He said to his wife Edna, “How much this young man resembles my kinsman Tobit!”^{(B) 3} Then Edna questioned them, saying, “Where are you from, my brothers?” They answered her, “We belong to the descendants of Naphtali who are exiles in Nineveh.”^{(C) 4} She said to them, “Do you know our kinsman Tobit?” And they replied, “Yes, we know him.” Then she asked them, “Is he in good health?”^{(D) 5} They replied, “He is alive and in good health.” And Tobias added, “He is my father!”^{(E) 6} At that Raguel jumped up and kissed him and wept. ⁷ He also spoke to him as follows, “Blessings on you, my son, offspring of a good and noble father! O most miserable of calamities that such an upright and beneficent man has become blind!” He then embraced his kinsman Tobias and wept.^{(F) 8} His wife Edna also wept for him, and their daughter Sarah likewise wept. ⁹ Then Raguel^[c] slaughtered a ram from the flock and received them very warmly.

Marriage of Tobias and Sarah

When they had bathed and washed themselves and had reclined to dine, Tobias said to Raphael, “Azariah, my brother, ask Raguel to give me my sister Sarah.”^(G)