Raguel called his wife Anna to him, and he instructed her to prepare another bedroom. And she brought her daughter Sarah into it, and she was weeping. 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 11
had to endure." In truth, after they had dined, they introduced the young man to her. And so, Tobias, remembering the word of the Angel, took part of the liver from his bag, and he placed it over the live coals. Then the Angel Raphael caught the demon, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt. Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and he said to her: "Sarah, get up and let us pray to God this day, and tomorrow, and the following day. For, during these three nights, we are being joined to God. And then, when the third night has passed, we ourselves will be joined together. For certainly, we are the children of the saints, and we must not be joined together in such a manner as the heathens, who are ignorant of God." So, rising up together, they both prayed earnestly, at the same time, that health might be given to them. And Tobias said: "Lord, the God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth bless you, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all your creatures that are in them. You formed Adam from the mud of the earth, and you gave Eve to him as a helper. And now, O Lord, you know that I take my sister in conjugal union, not by reason of worldly pleasure, but solely for the love of posterity,