Verse 8
Tobit 3:8
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit slew them, before they had lain with her. And they said unto her, Dost thou not know that thou stranglest thy husbands? thou hast had already seven husbands, and thou hast had no profit of any one of them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶת ק֨וֹל יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּ/גָּ֖ן לְ/ר֣וּחַ הַ/יּ֑וֹם וַ/יִּתְחַבֵּ֨א הָֽ/אָדָ֜ם וְ/אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ מִ/פְּנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּ/ת֖וֹךְ עֵ֥ץ הַ/גָּֽן
English Translation
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
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