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Tob 8:8

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 8:8 · Douay-Rheims
“Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Of. Greek, “And gavest him Eve for his wife, an assistant, and a support. From these all the seed of men was formed. Thou didst say, It is not good for man to be alone: Let us make for him a helper like unto himself. And now Lord,” &c.”
Source
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.