4 When Sarah’s parents left the bedroom and closed the door behind them, Tobiah rose from bed and said to his wife, “My sister, come, let us pray and beg our Lord to grant us mercy and protection.”
5 She got up, and they started to pray and beg that they might be protected. He began with these words:“Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors;blessed be your name forever and ever!Let the heavens and all your creation bless you forever.
6 You made Adam, and you made his wife Eveto be his helper and support;and from these two the human race has come.You said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone;let us make him a helper like himself.’
7 Now, not with lust,but with fidelity I take this kinswoman as my wife.Send down your mercy on me and on her,and grant that we may grow old together.Bless us with children.”
8 They said together, “Amen, amen!”
9 Then they went to bed for the night.But Raguel got up and summoned his servants. They went out with him and dug a grave,
10 for he said, “Perhaps Tobiah will die; then we would be a laughingstock and an object of mockery.”