Chapter 8

1 When supper was finished, Tobias was brought in to her.

2 And as he was walking, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the incense burner, and put the heart and the liver of the fish, and smoked.

3 The demon, smelling this smell, fled to the upper countries of Egypt, and the angel bound him.

4 When they were alone in the room, Tobias got up from his bed and said, "Get up, sister, and let us pray that the Lord will have mercy on us."

5 And Tobias began to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed be thy holy and glorious name for ever. May the heavens and all Thy creatures bless Thee!

6 Thou didst create Adam, and gave him Eve for his helper, and his wife for his support. From them came the human race. Thou hast said, It is not good for the man to be alone, let us make a helper like unto him.

7 And now, O Lord, I take this sister of mine, not for the gratification of lust, but truly as a wife: be pleased to have mercy on me, and let me grow old with her.

8 And she said to him, 'Amen.'

E-9 And they both slept peacefully that night. And Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave;

10 And he said, Is not this one also dead?

11 And Raguel came to his house

12 And he said to Edna his wife, 'Send one of the maidservants to see if he is alive; if not, we will bury him, and no one will know.

13 And the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and saw that they were both asleep.

14 And having gone out, she declared to them that he was alive.

15 And Raguel blessed God, saying, Blessed art thou, O God, with every blessing pure and holy. May Thy saints, and all Thy creatures, and all Thy angels, and all Thy elect, bless Thee forever.

16 Blessed art thou that hast made me glad, and it has not happened to me as I thought it was, but hast done to us according to thy great mercy.

17 Blessed art thou that thou hast had mercy on the two only-begotten! Complete mercy, O Lord, upon them: grant them to end their lives in health, with joy and mercy!

18 And he commanded his servants to bury the grave.

19 And he made a wedding feast for them for fourteen days.

20 And Raguel said to him with an oath before the days of the wedding feast were fulfilled, 'Do not go away until these fourteen days of the wedding feast are completed;