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Tobit 8:7-12 Common English Bible (CEB)

7. I’m not taking this sister of mine now out of lust but with honest integrity. Grant that she and I will be shown mercy and grow old together."

8. Together they said, "Amen, amen."

9. Then they fell asleep for the night.Upon getting up during the night, Raguel summoned his servants, and they went with him and dug a grave.

10. He said, "Tobias might die as well, and people will laugh and jeer at us."

11. When they had finished digging the grave, Raguel returned to his house, called his wife,

12. and said, "Send one of the female servants in to see if he’s alive. If he’s dead, let’s bury him so that no one knows what has happened."

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