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[1]Then Tobias called vnto him the angell, who he thought to haue ben a man, and saide vnto him: Brother Azarias, I pray thee hearken vnto my wordes,
[2]If I shoulde geue my selfe to be thy seruaunt, I shall not deserue thy prouidence.
[3]Neuerthelesse, I beseche thee that thou wilt take the beastes and the seruauntes, & go vnto Gabelus in Rages the citie of the Medes, and delyuer him his hand writing, and receaue the money of him, and pray him to come to my mariage.
[4]For thou knowest thy selfe that my father doth number the dayes: and if I tary one day to long, he wyll be sory in his minde.
[5]Now seest thou how earnestly Raguel hath required me, so that I can not say him nay.
[6]Then toke Raphael foure of Raguels seruauntes and two Camels, and went vnto Rages the citie of the Medes: And when he had founde Gabelus, he gaue him his hand writing, and receaued all the money.
[7]He tolde him also of Tobias the sonne of Tobi, how al thinges had happened: and caused him to come with him to the mariage.
[8]Now when he came into the house of Raguel, he founde Tobias sittyng at the table: and he leaped vp, & they kissed one another, and Gabelus wept, and praysed God,
[9]And saide: The blessing of the God of Israel haue thou, for thou art the sonne of a right vertuous and iust man, and of one that feareth God, & geueth great almes:
[10]And blessing haue thy wyfe, and your elders,
[11]That ye may see your children, and your childrens children vnto the third & fourth generation: and your seede be blessed of the God of Israel, which raigneth worlde without end.
[12]And when they all had sayde Amen, they went to the feast: but with the feare of the Lorde held they the feast of the mariage.
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