And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever. 10Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health. 11And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave. 12For he said: Lest perhaps it may have happened to him, in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands, that went in unto her. 13And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and said to her: 14Send one of thy maids, and let her see if he be dead, that I may bury him before it be day. 15So she sent one of her maidservants, who went into the chamber, and found them safe and sound, sleeping both together. 16And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord, 17And said: We bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because it hath not happened as we suspected. 18For thou hast shewn thy mercy to us, and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us.