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And when they had come to Ecbatana they came to the house of Raguel, and Sarah met them. And after they had saluted one another, she brought them into the house.
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Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, "How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!" Œ
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And Raguel asked them, "From whence are ye, brethren?" To whom they said, "We are of the sons of Naphtali, who are captives in Nineveh."
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Then he said to them, "Do ye know Tobit our kinsman?" And they said, "We know him." Then said he, "Is he in good health?"
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And they said, "He is both alive and in good health." And Tobias said, "He is my father."
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Then Raguel leaped up and kissed him, and wept,
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and blessed him and said unto him, "Thou art the son of an honest and good man." But when he had heard that Tobit was blind, he was sorrowful and wept;
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and likewise Edna his wife and Sarah his daughter wept. Moreover they entertained them cheerfully; and after they had killed a ram of the flock, they set a store of meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, "Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which thou didst talk on the way, and let this business be dispatched."
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So he communicated the matter with Raguel. And Raguel said to Tobias, "Eat and drink, and make merry;
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for it is meet that thou shouldest marry my daughter. Nevertheless I will declare unto thee the truth.
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I have given my daughter in marriage to seven men, who died that night they came in unto her; nevertheless for the present be merry." But Tobias said, "I will eat nothing here till we agree and swear one to another."