Tobit 8:9-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Then they both went to sleep for the night.

But Rag′uel arose and went and dug a grave, ¹⁰ with the thought, “Perhaps he too will die.” ¹¹ Then Rag′uel went into his house ¹² and said to his wife Edna, “Send one of the maids to see whether he is alive; and if he is not, let us bury him without any one knowing about it.” ¹³ So the maid opened the door and went in, and found them both asleep. ¹⁴ And she came out and told them that he was alive. ¹⁵ Then Rag′uel blessed God and said,

¹⁸ Then he ordered his servants to fill in the grave.

Wedding Feast

¹⁹ After this he gave a wedding feast for them which lasted fourteen days. ²⁰ And before the days of the feast were over, Rag′uel declared by oath to Tobi′as^[a] that he should not leave until the fourteen days of the wedding feast were ended, ²¹ that then he should take half of Rag′uel’s^[b] property and return in safety to his father, and that the rest would be his “when my wife and I die.”