Tobit 8:7
“And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but vprightly: therefore mercifully ordeine, that wee may become aged together.”
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Tobit 8:7 Context
5Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious Name for euer, let the heauens blesse thee, and all thy creatures. 6Thou madest Adam, and gauest him Eue his wife for an helper & stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe. 7And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but vprightly: therefore mercifully ordeine, that wee may become aged together. 8And she said with him, Amen. 9So they slept both that night, and Raguel arose, and went & made a graue
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And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.
- King James Version
And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for pleasure, but in righteousness; therefore mercifully ordain that we may grow old together."
- World English Bible