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[1]Then went they in to Raguel, which receaued them ioyfully.
[2]And when Raguel loked vpon Tobias, he saide vnto Anna his wyfe: How lyke is this young man vnto my sisters sonne?
[3]And when he had spoken this, he said: Whence be ye ye young men and our brethren? They saide: Of the tribe of Nephthali, out of the captiuitie of Niniue.
[4]Then said Raguel vnto them: Know ye my brother Tobias? They saide: yea we know him well.
[5]And when he had spoken much good of him, the angell saide vnto Raguel: Tobias of whom thou askest, is this young mans father.
[6]Then Raguel bowed him selfe downe and wept, and toke him about the necke and kissed him,
[7]And saide: Gods blessing haue thou my sonne, for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man.
[8]And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wept also.
[9]Now when they had talked together, Raguel bade kill a wether, & to make a feaste: And when he had exhorted them to sit downe to dinner,
[10]Tobias saide: I wyll neither eate nor drinke here this day, except thou first graunt me my petition, and promise me to geue me thy daughter Sara.
[11]When Raguel heard this, he was astonied, for he knewe what had happened vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her: and he began to feare that it shoulde chaunce vnto him also in lyke maner. And while he stoode so in doubt, and gaue the young man no aunswere,
[12]The angell saide vnto him: Feare not to geue him thy daughter, for vnto this man that feareth God, belongeth thy daughter to wyfe: therefore might none other haue her.
[13]Then saide Raguel: I doubt not but God hath accepted my prayers & teares in his sight:
[14]And I beleue he caused you to come vnto me for the same intent, that this daughter of myne might be maryed in her owne kindred according to the law of Moyses: And nowe doubt thou not but I wyll geue her vnto thee.
[15]So he toke the right hande of his daughter, and gaue her into the right hande of Tobias, and saide: The God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, & the God of Iacob be with you, ioyne you together, and fulfill his blessing in you.
[16]And they toke a letter, & made a writing of the mariage.
[17]And then made they mery, and praysed God.
[18]And Raguel called Anna his wyfe vnto him, and bade her prepare another chamber.
[19]And thither he brought Sara his daughter, and she wept.
[20]Then saide he vnto her, Be of good cheare my daughter: the Lorde of heauen geue thee ioy for the heauinesse that thou hast suffered.
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