13. They sent the maid, lit a lamp, and opened the bedroom door; she went in and found them sleeping together.
14. The maid came out and told them that Tobiah was alive, and that nothing was wrong.
15. Then they praised the God of heaven in these words:“Blessed are you, God, with every pure blessing!Let all your chosen ones bless you forever!
16. Blessed are you, for you have made me happy;what I feared did not happen.Rather you have dealt with usaccording to your abundant mercy.
17. Blessed are you, for you have shown mercytoward two only children.Grant them, Master, mercy and protection,and bring their lives to fulfillmentwith happiness and mercy.”
18. Then Raguel told his servants to fill in the grave before dawn.
19. He asked his wife to bake many loaves of bread; he himself went out to the herd and brought two steers and four rams, which he ordered to be slaughtered. So they began to prepare the feast.
20. He summoned Tobiah and said to him, “For fourteen days you shall not stir from here, but shall remain here eating and drinking with me; you shall bring joy to my daughter’s afflicted spirit.
21. Now take half of what I own here; go back in good health to your father. The other half will be yours when I and my wife die. Take courage, son! I am your father, and Edna is your mother; we belong to you and to your sister both now and forever. So take courage, son!”