Tobit 6:12
Good News Translation
and since you are her closest relative, you have the right to marry her. You also have the right to inherit all her father's property.

New Revised Standard Version
He continued, “You have every right to take her in marriage. So listen to me, brother; tonight I will speak to her father about the girl, so that we may take her to be your bride. When we return from Rages we will celebrate her marriage. For I know that Raguel can by no means keep her from you or promise her to another man without incurring the penalty of death according to the decree of the book of Moses. Indeed he knows that you, rather than any other man, are entitled to marry his daughter. So now listen to me, brother, and tonight we shall speak concerning the girl and arrange her engagement to you. And when we return from Rages we will take her and bring her back with us to your house.”

Contemporary English Version
and she is his only child. You are her closest relative, and so you have the right to marry her and to inherit whatever her father leaves. He is a good man, and she is sensible, courageous, and very beautiful.

New American Bible
but no other son or daughter apart from Sarah. Since you are Sarah’s closest relative, you more than any other have the right to marry her. Moreover, her father’s estate is rightfully yours to inherit. The girl is wise, courageous, and very beautiful; and her father is a good man who loves her dearly.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife.

Tobit 6:10
And Tobias said to him: Where wilt thou that we lodge?

Tobit 6:11
And the angel answering, said: Here is one whose name is Raguel, a near kinsman of thy tribe, and he hath a daughter named Sara, but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her.

Tobit 6:13
Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife.

Tobit 6:14
Then Tobias answered, and said: I hear that she hath been given to seven husbands, and they all died: moreover I have heard, that a devil killed them.

Context
Tobit 6
11And the angel answering, said: Here is one whose name is Raguel, a near kinsman of thy tribe, and he hath a daughter named Sara, but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her. 12All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife. 13Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife.…
Cross References
Tobit 6:10
And Tobias said to him: Where wilt thou that we lodge?

Tobit 6:11
And the angel answering, said: Here is one whose name is Raguel, a near kinsman of thy tribe, and he hath a daughter named Sara, but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her.

Tobit 6:13
Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife.

Tobit 6:14
Then Tobias answered, and said: I hear that she hath been given to seven husbands, and they all died: moreover I have heard, that a devil killed them.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 6:11
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