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Tobit 8:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.” "

Tobit 8:7

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5 And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.

6 You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him.

7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.”

8 She said with him, “Amen.” And they both slept that night.

9 Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave,

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Tobit 8:1

"When they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in to her."

Tobit 8:2

"But as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them, and made smoke with them."

Tobit 8:3

"When the demon smelled that smell, it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him."

Tobit 8:4

"But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, “Sister, arise, and let’s pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.”"

Tobit 8:5

"And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures."

Tobit 8:6

"You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him."

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