Tobit 10–11

Now Tobit his father ^acounted every day: and when the days of the journey were expired, and they came not, ²then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money? ³Therefore he was very sorry. ⁴Then his wife said to him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to bewail him, and said, ⁵Now I care for nothing, my son, since I have let thee go, ^bthe light of mine eyes. ⁶To whom Tobit said, Hold thy peace, take no care, for he is safe. ⁷But she said, Hold thy peace, and deceive me not; my son is dead. And she went out every day into the way which they went, and did eat no meat on the daytime, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son Tobias, ^cuntil the fourteen days of the wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there.

Then Tobias said to Raguel, Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me. ⁸But his father in law said unto him, Tarry with me, and I will send to thy father, and they shall declare unto him how things go with thee. ⁹But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father. ¹⁰Then Raguel arose, and gave him Sara his wife, and ^dhalf his goods, ^eservants, and cattle, and money: ¹¹and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children. ¹²And he said to his daughter, Honour thy father and thy mother in law, which are now thy parents, that I may hear good report of thee. And he kissed her. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice before the Lord: behold, I ^fcommit my daughter unto thee of special trust; wherefore do not entreat her evil.

XI.After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto Nineve. ²Then ^aRaphael said to Tobias, Thou knowest, brother, how thou didst leave thy father: ³let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house. ⁴And take in thine hand ^bthe gall of the fish. So they went their way, and ^cthe dog went after them. ⁵Now ^dAnna sat looking about towards the way for her son. ⁶And when she espied him coming, she said to his father, Behold, thy son cometh, and the man that went with him. ⁷Then said ^aRaphael, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes. ⁸Therefore anoint thou his eyes with ^bthe gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall see thee. ⁹Then Anna ran forth, and ^efell upon the neck of her son, and said unto him, Seeing I have seen thee, my son, from henceforth I am content to die. And they wept both. ¹⁰Tobit also went forth toward the door, and stumbled: but his son ran unto him, ¹¹and took hold of his father: and he strake of ^bthe gall on his father’s eyes, saying, ^fBe of good hope, my father. ¹²And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them; ¹³and the whiteness ^gpilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, ^ehe fell upon his neck. ¹⁴And he wept, and said, ^hBlessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever; and blessed are all thy ⁱholy angels: ¹⁵for ^kthou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media. ¹⁶Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineve, rejoicing, and praising God: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight. ¹⁷But Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had mercy on him. And when he came near to Sara his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, ^lThou art welcome, daughter: ^hGod be blessed, which hath brought thee unto us, and blessed be thy father and thy mother. And there was joy amongst all his brethren which were at Nineve. ¹⁸And ^mAchiacharus, and Nasbas his ⁿbrother’s son, came: ¹⁹and Tobias’ ^owedding was kept ^pseven days with great joy.

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