Tobit 11

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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