Tobit 8:10
Good News Translation
because Raguel thought, "Tobias will probably die too, and people will laugh and make fun of us."

New Revised Standard Version
for he said, “It is possible that he will die and we will become an object of ridicule and derision.”

Contemporary English Version
He told them, "If Tobias dies and our neighbors find out, they will make fun of us and insult us."

New American Bible
They said together, “Amen, amen!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.

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Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.

Tobit 8:8
Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.

Tobit 8:9
And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.

Tobit 8:11
And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.

Tobit 8:12
For he said: Lest perhaps it may have happened to him, in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands, that went in unto her.

Context
Tobit 8
9And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever. 10Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health. 11And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.…
Cross References
Tobit 8:8
Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.

Tobit 8:9
And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.

Tobit 8:11
And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.

Tobit 8:12
For he said: Lest perhaps it may have happened to him, in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands, that went in unto her.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 8:9
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