1 Maccabees 10:55-57

New Catholic Bible

⁵⁵ King Ptolemy said in his reply: “Happy was the day on which you returned to the land of your ancestors and took your seat on the throne of their kingdom. ⁵⁶ I hereby agree to your request, but please come to me at Ptolemais so that we may meet each other, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have proposed.”

⁵⁷ In the year one hundred and sixty-two, Ptolemy set out from Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and came to Ptolemais,