Tobit 5b - 9a

New Revised Standard Version

 

Tobi 8:5 (NRSV) Tobias began by saying,
""Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors,
and blessed is your name in all generations forever.
Let the heavens and the whole creation bless you forever.
6 You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve
as a helper and support.
From the two of them the human race has sprung.
You said, "It is not good that the man should be alone;
let us make a helper for him like himself.'
7 I now am taking this kinswoman of mine,
not because of lust,
but with sincerity.
Grant that she and I may find mercy
and that we may grow old together." 8 And they both said, "Amen, Amen." 9 Then they went to sleep for the night.

 

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