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# Tobit 7

Tobit 7 is chapter 7 of 14 in the Book of Tobit. Here are all 20 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> They are kindly entertained by Raguel. Tobias demandeth Sara to wife.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Tobit 7 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And so they went to Raguel, and Raguel received them with gladness.
2. And Raguel, gazing upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife, “How much like my cousin is this young man!”
3. And when he had spoken this, he said, “Which of our brethren are you from, young men?”
4. But they said, “We are from the tribe of Naphtali, from the captivity of Nineveh.”
5. And Raguel said to them, “Do you know my brother Tobit?” They said to him, “We know him.”
6. And since he was saying many good things about him, the Angel said to Raguel, “The Tobit about whom you inquire is the father of this young man.”
7. And Raguel threw himself towards him and kissed him with tears and weeping upon his neck, saying, “May a blessing be upon you, my son, because you are the son of a good and most noble man.”
8. And his wife Anna, and their daughter Sarah, were weeping.
9. And so, after they had spoken, Raguel instructed a sheep to be killed, and a feast to be prepared. And when he exhorted them to recline for dinner,
10. Tobias said, “Here, today, I will not eat or drink, unless you first confirm my petition, and promise to give Sarah your daughter to me.”
11. When Raguel heard this word, he became afraid, knowing what had befallen those seven men, who had approached her. And he began to fear, lest it might happen to him also in the same way. And, since he wavered and gave no further response to the petition,
12. the Angel said to him: “Do not be afraid to give her to this one, because this one fears God. He is obliged to be joined to your daughter. Because of this, no other one could have her.”
13. Then Raguel said: “I do not doubt that God has admitted my prayers and tears before his sight.
14. And I believe, therefore, that he has caused you to come to me, so that this one might be joined in marriage to one of her own kindred, according to the law of Moses. And now, do not continue to doubt that I will give her to you.”
15. And taking the right hand of his daughter, he gave it into the right hand of Tobias, saying, “May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob be with you. And may he join you together in marriage and fulfill his blessing in you.”
16. And taking paper, they made a written record of the marriage.
17. And after this, they feasted, blessing God.
18. And Raguel called his wife Anna to him, and he instructed her to prepare another bedroom.
19. And she brought her daughter Sarah into it, and she was weeping.
20. And she said to her, “Be steadfast in spirit, my daughter. May the Lord of heaven give you gladness in place of the grief that you have had to endure.”

## Tobit 7 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Ingressi sunt autem ad Raguelem, et suscepit eos Raguel cum gaudio.
2. Intuensque Tobiam Raguel, dixit Annæ uxori suæ: Quam similis est juvenis iste consobrino meo!
3. Et cum hæc dixisset, ait: Unde estis juvenes fratres nostri? At illi dixerunt: Ex tribu Nephthali sumus, ex captivitate Ninive.
4. Dixitque illis Raguel: Nostis Tobiam fratrem meum? Qui dixerunt: Novimus.
5. Cumque multa bona loqueretur de eo, dixit angelus ad Raguelem: Tobias, de quo interrogas, pater istius est.
6. Et misit se Raguel, et cum lacrimis osculatus est eum, et plorans supra collum ejus
7. dixit: Benedictio sit tibi, fili mi, quia boni et optimi viri filius es.
8. Et Anna uxor ejus, et Sara ipsorum filia, lacrimatæ sunt.
9. Postquam autem locuti sunt, præcepit Raguel occidi arietem, et parari convivium. Cumque hortaretur eos discumbere ad prandium,
10. Tobias dixit: Hic ego hodie non manducabo neque bibam, nisi prius petitionem meam confirmes, et promittas mihi dare Saram filiam tuam.
11. Quo audito verbo Raguel expavit, sciens quid evenerit illis septem viris qui ingressi sunt ad eam: et timere cœpit ne forte et hunc similiter contingeret. Et cum nutaret, et non daret petenti ullum responsum,
12. dixit ei angelus: Noli timere dare eam isti, quoniam huic timenti Deum debetur conjux filia tua: propterea alius non potuit habere illam.
13. Tunc dixit Raguel: Non dubito quod Deus preces et lacrimas meas in conspectu suo admiserit.
14. Et credo quoniam ideo fecit vos venire ad me, ut ista conjungeretur cognationi suæ secundum legem Moysi: et nunc noli dubium gerere quod tibi eam tradam.
15. Et apprehendens dexteram filiæ suæ, dexteræ Tobiæ tradidit, dicens: Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob vobiscum sit, et ipse conjungat vos, impleatque benedictionem suam in vobis.
16. Et accepta carta, fecerunt conscriptionem conjugii.
17. Et post hæc epulati sunt, benedicentes Deum.
18. Vocavitque Raguel ad se Annam uxorem suam, et præcepit ei ut præpararet alterum cubiculum.
19. Et introduxit illuc Saram filiam suam, et lacrimata est.
20. Dixitque ei: Forti animo esto, filia mea: Dominus cæli det tibi gaudium pro tædio quod perpessa es.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Thu, Jun 3, 2027 (computed): St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs — First Reading, Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).