Tobit 8:7
Good News Translation
Lord, I have chosen Sarah because it is right, not because I lusted for her. Please be merciful to us and grant that we may grow old together."

New Revised Standard Version
I now am taking this kinswoman of mine, not because of lust, but with sincerity. Grant that she and I may find mercy and that we may grow old together.”

Contemporary English Version
"I have married this relative of mine-- not because of lust, but because of love. Please be kind and bless us with a long life together."

New American Bible
She got up, and they started to pray and beg that they might be protected. He began with these words: “Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors; blessed be your name forever and ever! Let the heavens and all your creation bless you forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.

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And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.

Tobit 8:5
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.

Tobit 8:6
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them.

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.

Context
Tobit 8
6So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them. 7And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee. 8Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.…
Cross References
Tobit 8:5
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.

Tobit 8:6
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them.

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.



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Tobit 8:6
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