Tobit 7

Bishops(i) 1 Then went they in to Raguel, which receaued them ioyfully. 2 And when Raguel loked vpon Tobias, he saide vnto Anna his wyfe: How lyke is this young man vnto my sisters sonne? 3 And when he had spoken this, he said: Whence be ye ye young men and our brethren? They saide: Of the tribe of Nephthali, out of the captiuitie of Niniue. 4 Then said Raguel vnto them: Know ye my brother Tobias? They saide: yea we know him well. 5 And when he had spoken much good of him, the angell saide vnto Raguel: Tobias of whom thou askest, is this young mans father. 6 Then Raguel bowed him selfe downe and wept, and toke him about the necke and kissed him, 7 And saide: Gods blessing haue thou my sonne, for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man. 8 And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wept also. 9 Now when they had talked together, Raguel bade kill a wether, & to make a feaste: And when he had exhorted them to sit downe to dinner, 10 Tobias saide: I wyll neither eate nor drinke here this day, except thou first graunt me my petition, and promise me to geue me thy daughter Sara. 11 When Raguel heard this, he was astonied, for he knewe what had happened vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her: and he began to feare that it shoulde chaunce vnto him also in lyke maner. And while he stoode so in doubt, and gaue the young man no aunswere, 12 The angell saide vnto him: Feare not to geue him thy daughter, for vnto this man that feareth God, belongeth thy daughter to wyfe: therefore might none other haue her. 13 Then saide Raguel: I doubt not but God hath accepted my prayers & teares in his sight: 14 And I beleue he caused you to come vnto me for the same intent, that this daughter of myne might be maryed in her owne kindred according to the law of Moyses: And nowe doubt thou not but I wyll geue her vnto thee. 15 So he toke the right hande of his daughter, and gaue her into the right hande of Tobias, and saide: The God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, & the God of Iacob be with you, ioyne you together, and fulfill his blessing in you. 16 And they toke a letter, & made a writing of the mariage. 17 And then made they mery, and praysed God. 18 And Raguel called Anna his wyfe vnto him, and bade her prepare another chamber. 19 And thither he brought Sara his daughter, and she wept. 20 Then saide he vnto her, Be of good cheare my daughter: the Lorde of heauen geue thee ioy for the heauinesse that thou hast suffered.