Tobit 7:7-9

Good News Translation

     ⁷ Then he said,
    God bless you, my child. Your father is a good and noble man. What a terrible tragedy that such an honest and generous man should have lost his sight! He threw his arms around Tobias' neck and wept on his shoulder. ⁸ His wife Edna and his daughter Sarah also wept for Tobit.

Raguel gave Tobias and Raphael a warm welcome and had one of his rams slaughtered. After the guests had bathed and were about to sit down to eat, Tobias said to Raphael,
    Azarias, my friend, when are you going to ask Raguel to let me marry Sarah?

⁹ But Raguel overheard the question and said to Tobias,