“And Raguel urged Tobias to stay with him for two weeks. We also implore our Lord, praying that He may remain with us until we attain the perfection of holy rest through the grace of the Holy Spirit, so that we may rest from servile acts, that is, sins in the body, and from evil thoughts in the mind; and may He rest in…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
Original
20For before the days of the marriage were finished, Raguel had said unto him by an oath, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the marriage were expired;
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18Then Raguel bade his servants to fill the grave.
19And he kept the wedding feast fourteen days.
— Tobit 8:20 —
21And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.