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Tobias 7:1-10 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. And they went in to Raguel, and Raguel received them with joy.

2. And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife: How like is this young man to my cousin?

3. And when he had spoken these words, he said: Whence are ye young men our brethren?

4. But they said: We are of the tribe of Nephtali, of the captiveof Ninive.

5. And Raguel said to them: Do you know Tobias my brother? And they said: We know him.

6. And when he was speaking many good things of him, the angel said to Raguel: Tobias concerning whom thou inquirest is this young man's father.

7. And Raguel went to him, and kissed him with tears, and weeping upon his neck, said: A blessing be upon thee, my son, because thou art the son of a good and most virtuous man.

8. And Anna his wife, and Sara their daughter wept.

9. And after they had spoken, Raguel commanded a sheep to be killed, and a feast to be prepared. And when he desired them to sit down to dinner,

10. Tobias said: I will not eat nor drink here this day, unless thou first grant me my petition, and promise to give me Sara thy daughter.

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