Raguel (II)

II. RAGUEL, Father of Sara, and Father-in-law to young Tobias. He dwelt in the City of Ecbatana, and had a great Estate. But having given his Daughter Sara to seven Husbands successively, the Evil Tob. vi. 11----14.Spirit had slain them all. However, Tobias coming to Ecbatana, the Angel Raphael urged him to demand Sara for Wife, and so much the rather, because he was the nearest Kinsman to Raguel, and therefore Numb. xxxvi. 6.obliged to marry her, according to the Law. Raguel gave his Consent to this Marriage, though not without Difficulty, as fearing it might happen to him as it had happen’d to his Daughter’s seven former Husbands. But the Lord preserving Tobias, Raguel kept him fifteen Days at his House, made great Feasts for all his Friends, gave him the Half of his Estate, and secured the other Half to him after his own death.¹

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