Tobit 8:9LXX
Bíblia Ortodoxa · LXX · Versículo 9 de 24
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"And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever."
Em contexto
7And Tobias said: Lord God of our father, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.
8Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.
9And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.
10Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.
11And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.