h weeping eyes kissed him, and weeping
upon his neck said: The blessing of God be to thee, my son, for thou art
son of a blessed and good man. And Anna his wife and Sara his daughter
wept also.

And after they had spoken, Raguel commanded to slay a wether, and make
ready a feast. When he then should bid them sit down to dinner, Tobias
said: I shall not eat here this day ne drink but if thou first grant to
me my petition, and promise to me to give me Sara thy daughter. Which
when Raguel heard he was astonied and abashed, knowing what had fallen
to seven men that tofore had wedded her, and dreaded lest it might
happen to this young man in likewise. And when he held his peace and
would give him none answer the angel said to him: Be not afeard to give
thy daughter to this man dreading God, for to him thy daughter is
ordained to be his wife, therefore none other may have her. Then said
Raguel: I doubt not God hath admitted my prayers and tears in his sight,
and I believe that therefore he hath made you to come to me that these
may be joined in one kindred after the law of Moses, and now have no
doubt but I shall give her to thee. And he taking the right hand of his
daughter delivered it to Tobias saying: God of Abraham, God of Isaac,
and God of Jacob be with you, and he conjoin you together and fulfil his
blessing in you. And took a charter and wrote the conscription of the
wedlock. And after this they ate, blessing our Lord God. Raguel called
to him Anna his wife and bade her to make ready another cubicle. And she
brought Sara her daughter therein, and she wept, to whom her mother
said: Be thou strong of heart, my daughter, our Lord of heaven give to
thee joy for the heaviness that thou hast suffered. After they had
supped, they led the young man to her. Tobias remembered the words of
the angel, and took out of his bag part of the heart of the fish, and
laid it on burning coals. Then Raphael the angel took the devil and
bound him in the upperest desert of Egypt. Then Tobias exhorted the
virgin and said to her: Arise, Sara, and let us pray to God this day,
and to-morrow, and after to-morrow, for these three nights we be joined
to God. And after the third night we shall be in our wedlock. We be
soothly the children of saints, and we may not so join together as
people do that know not God. Then they both arising prayed together
instantly that health might be given to them. Tobias said: Lord God of
our fathers, heaven and earth