The interpretation timeline

Tob 8:10

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 8:10 · Douay-Rheims
“Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“And. Greek, “Order pity to be shewn me, and that I may grow old with this woman. And she said along with him, Amen. And they both slept the night,” probably on separate beds, ver. 15. (Haydock)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.