Given by: the narrator, describing Sara's response to slander and grief. Given to: the reader, as a model of persevering prayer; note this is narrated as Sara's example, not a spoken command.

In her world, a woman's honour and worth were bound to marriage and children; undeserved reproach could crush the spirit, making Sara's persevering prayer all the more courageous.

But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach

When you are wrongly reproached and tempted to despair, continue steadfastly in tearful prayer, asking God for deliverance.

Tobit 3:11

Your Spirit

Loves God

Loves Neighbor

Your Body

Moral Behaviour