9 Why do you scourge us? If they are dead, go your ways with them. Let us never see either son or daughter from you.” (WEB) 10 When she heard these things, she was grieved exceedingly, so that she thought about hanging herself. Then she said, “I am the only daughter of my father. If I do this, it will be a reproach to him, and I will bring down his old age with sorrow to the grave.” (WEB) 11 Then she prayed by the window, and said, “Blessed are you, O Lord my God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name forever! Let all your works praise you forever! (WEB)
Tobit 3:9–11
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