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,,the ,,book ,,of ,,tobias    ,this     
,book takes its name from the holy man  
,tobias1 whose wonderful  virtues are   
herein recorded4 ,it contains most      
excellent documents of  great piety1    
extraordinary patience1 and of a perfect

 resignation to the  will of ,god4 ,his 
humble prayer was heard1 and the angel  
,raphael was sent  to relieve him3 he is
 thankful and praises the ,lord1 calling
 on the  children of ,israel to do the  
same4 ,having lived to the age of one   
hundred and two years1 he exhorts his   
son and grandsons to piety1  foretells  
the destruction of ,ninive and the      
rebuilding of ,jerusalem3 he  dies      
happily4      ,tobias ,chapter #a       
,tobias's early piety3 his works of     
mercy1 particularly in burying the      
dead4    #a3a4 ,tobias of the tribe and 
city of ,nephtali1 7which is in the     
upper  parts of ,galilee above ,naasson1
 beyond the way that leadeth to the     
west1  having on the right hand the city
 of ,sephet17    #a3b4 ,when he was made
 captive in the days of ,salmanasar king
 of the  ,assyrians1 even in his        
captivity1 forsook not the way of truth1
    #a3c4 ,but every day gave all he    
could get to his brethren his fellow    
captives1 that were of his kindred4     

#a3d4 ,and when he was younger than any 
of the tribe of ,nephtali1 yet did  he  
no childish thing in his work4    #a3e4 
,moreover when all went to the golden   
calves which ,jeroboam king of  ,israel 
had made1 he alone fled the company of  
all1    #a3f4 ,and went to ,jerusalem to
 the temple of the ,lord1 and there     
adored  the ,lord ,god of ,israel1      
offering faithfully all his firstfruits1
 and his  tithes1    #a3g4 ,so that in  
the third year he gave all his tithes to
 the proselytes1  and strangers4        
#a3h4 ,these and such like things did he
 observe when but a boy according  to   
the law of ,god4    #a3i4 ,but when he  
was a man1 he took to wife ,anna of his 
own tribe1 and  had a son by her1 whom  
he called after his own name1    #a3aj4 
,and from his infancy he taught him to  
fear ,god1 and to abstain  from all sin4
    #a3aa4 ,and when by the captivity he
 with his wife and his son and all his  
tribe was come to the city of ,ninive1  
#a3ab4 7,when all ate of the meats of   

the ,gentiles7 he kept his soul and     
never was defiled with their meats4     
#a3ac4 ,and because he was mindful of   
the ,lord with all his heart1 ,god  gave
 him favour in the sight of ,salmanasar 
the king4    #a3ad4 ,and he gave him    
leave to go whithersoever he would1 with
 liberty  to do whatever he had a mind4 
#a3ae4 ,he therefore went to all that   
were in captivity1 and gave them        
wholesome admonitions4    #a3af4 ,and   
when he was come to ,rages a city of the
 ,medes1 and had ten  talents of silver 
of that with which he had been honoured 
by the king3    #a3ag4 ,and when amongst
 a great multitude of his kindred1 he   
saw ,gabelus  in want1 who was one of   
his tribe1 taking a note of his hand he 
gave him  the aforesaid sum of money4   
#a3ah4 ,but after a long time1          
,salmanasar the king being dead1 when   
,sennacherib his son1 who reigned in his
 place1 had a hatred for the  children  
of ,israel3    #a3ai4 ,tobias daily went
 among all his kindred and comforted    

them1 and  distributed to every one as  
he was able1 out of his goods3    #a3bj4
 ,he fed the hungry1 and gave clothes to
 the naked1 and was careful  to bury the
 dead1 and they that were slain4        
#a3ba4 ,and when king ,sennacherib was  
come back1 fleeing from ,judea by       
reason of the slaughter that ,god had   
made about him for his blasphemy1  and  
being angry slew many of the children of
 ,israel1 ,tobias buried their  bodies4 
#a3bb4 ,but when it was told the king1  
he commanded him to be slain1 and  took 
away all his substance4    #a3bc4 ,but  
,tobias fleeing naked away with his son 
and with his wife1 lay  concealed1 for  
many loved him4    #a3bd4 ,but after    
forty-five days1 the king was killed by 
his own sons4    #a3be4 ,and ,tobias    
returned to his house1 and all his      
substance was  restored to him4         
,tobias ,chapter #b    ,tobias leaveth  
his dinner to bury the dead3 he loseth  
his sight by ,god's  permission1 for    
manifestation of his patience4    #b3a4 

,but after this1 when there was a       
festival of the ,lord1 and a good       
dinner was prepared in ,tobias's house1 
#b3b4 ,he said to his son3 ,go1 and     
bring some of our tribe that fear ,god1 
to feast with us4    #b3c4 ,and when he 
had gone1 returning he told him1 that   
one of the  children of ,israel lay     
slain in the street4 ,and he forthwith  
leaped up  from his place at the table1 
and left his dinner1 and came fasting to
  the body4    #b3d4 ,and taking it up  
carried it privately to his house1 that 
after the  sun was down1 he might bury  
him cautiously4    #b3e4 ,and when he   
had hid the body1 he ate bread with     
mourning and fear1    #b3f4 ,remembering
 the word which the ,lord spoke by ,amos
 the prophet3 ,your  festival days shall
 be turned into lamentation and         
mourning4    #b3g4 ,so when the sun was 
down1 he went and buried him4    #b3h4  
,now all his neighbours blamed him1     
saying3 once already commandment  was   
given for thee to be slain because of   

this matter1 and thou didst  scarce     
escape the sentence of death1 and dost  
thou again bury the dead8    #b3i4 ,but 
,tobias fearing ,god more than the king1
 carried off the bodies  of them that   
were slain1 and hid them in his house1  
and at midnight  buried them4    #b3aj4 
,now it happened one day that being     
wearied with burying1 he came  to his   
house1 and cast himself down by the wall
 and slept1    #b3aa4 ,and as he was    
sleeping1 hot dung out of a swallow's   
nest fell upon  his eyes1 and he was    
made blind4    #b3ab4 ,now this trial   
the ,lord therefore permitted to happen 
to him1 that  an example might be given 
to posterity of his patience1 as also of
 holy  ,job4    #b3ac4 ,for whereas he  
had always feared ,god from his infancy1
 and kept  his commandments1 he repined 
not against ,god because the evil of    
blindness had befallen him1    #b3ad4   
,but continued immoveable in the fear of
 ,god1 giving thanks to ,god  all the   
days of his life4    #b3ae4 ,for as the 

kings insulted over holy ,job3 so his   
relations and  kinsmen mocked at his    
life1 saying3    ,kings444 ,so ,job's   
three friends are here called1 because  
they were  princes in their respective  
territories4    #b3af4 ,where is thy    
hope1 for which thou gavest alms1 and   
buriedst the  dead8    #b3ag4 ,but      
,tobias rebuked them1 saying3 ,speak not
 so3    #b3ah4 ,for we are the children 
of saints1 and look for that life which 
,god will give to those that never      
change their faith from him4    #b3ai4  
,now ,anna his wife went daily to       
weaving work1 and she brought home  what
 she could get for their living by the  
labour of her hands4    #b3bj4 ,whereby 
it came to pass1 that she received a    
young kid1 and  brought it home3        
#b3ba4 ,and when her husband heard it   
bleating1 he said3 ,take heed1 lest     
perhaps it be stolen3 restore ye it to  
its owners1 for it is not lawful  for us
 either to eat or to touch any thing    
that cometh by theft4    #b3bb4 ,at     

these words his wife being angry        
answered3 ,it is evident the  hope is   
come to nothing1 and thy alms now       
appear4    #b3bc4 ,and with these and   
other1 such like words she upbraided    
him4    ,tobias ,chapter #c    ,the     
prayer of ,tobias1 and of ,sara1 in     
their several afflictions1 are  heard by
 ,god1 and the angel ,raphael is sent to
 relieve them4    #c3a4 ,then ,tobias   
sighed1 and began to pray with tears1   
#c3b4 ,saying1 ,thou art just1 ,o ,lord1
 and all thy judgments are just1 and    
all thy ways mercy1 and truth1 and      
judgment3    #c3c4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1  
think of me1 and take not revenge of my 
sins1  neither remember my offences1 nor
 those of my parents4    #c3d4 ,for we  
have not obeyed thy commandments1       
therefore are we delivered  to spoil and
 to captivity1 and death1 and are made a
 fable1 and a  reproach to all nations1 
amongst which thou hast scattered us4   
#c3e4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 great are thy 
judgments1 because we have not done     

according to thy precepts1 and have not 
walked sincerely before thee4    #c3f4  
,and now1 ,o ,lord1 do with me according
 to thy will1 and command my  spirit to 
be received in peace3 for it is better  
for me to die1 than to  live4    #c3g4  
,now it happened on the same day1 that  
,sara daughter of ,raguel1 in  ,rages a 
city of the ,medes1 received a reproach 
from one of her father's  servant maids1
    ,rages444 ,in the ,greek it is      
,ecbatana1 which was also called ,rages4
 ,for  there were two cities in ,media  
of the name of ,rages4 ,raguel dwelt in 
one  of them1 and ,gabelus in the other4
    #c3h4 ,because she had been given to
 seven husbands and a devil named       
,asmodeus had killed them1 at their     
first going in unto her4    #c3i4 ,so   
when she reproved the maid for her      
fault1 she answered her1  saying3 ,may  
we never see son1 or daughter of thee   
upon the earth1 thou  murderer of thy   
husbands4    #c3aj4 ,wilt thou kill me  
also1 as thou hast already killed seven 

husbands8 ,at these words1 she went into
 an upper chamber of her house3  and for
 three days and three nights did neither
 eat nor drink3    #c3aa4 ,but          
continuing in prayer with tears besought
 ,god1 that he would  deliver her from  
this reproach4    #c3ab4 ,and it came to
 pass on the third day when she was     
making an end of  her prayer1 blessing  
the ,lord1    #c3ac4 ,she said3 ,blessed
 is thy name1 ,o ,god of our fathers1   
who when thou  hast been angry1 wilt    
shew mercy1 and in the time of          
tribulation  forgivest the sins of them 
that call upon thee4    #c3ad4 ,to thee1
 ,o ,lord1 ,i turn my face1 to thee ,i  
direct my eyes4    #c3ae4 ,i beg1 ,o    
,lord1 that thou loose me from the bond 
of this reproach1  or else take me away 
from the earth4    #c3af4 ,thou knowest1
 ,o ,lord1 that ,i never coveted a      
husband1 and have  kept my soul clean   
from all lust4    #c3ag4 ,never have ,i 
joined myself with them that play3      
neither have ,i  made myself partaker   

with them that walk in lightness4       
#c3ah4 ,but a husband ,i consented to   
take1 with thy fear1 not with my  lust4 
#c3ai4 ,and either ,i was unworthy of   
them1 or they perhaps were not worthy   
of me3 because perhaps thou hast kept me
 for another man1    #c3bj4 ,for thy    
counsel is not in man's power4    #c3ba4
 ,but this every one is sure of that    
worshippeth thee1 that his  life1 if it 
be under trial1 shall be crowned and if 
it be under  tribulation1 it shall be   
delivered3 and if it be under           
correction1 it  shall be allowed to come
 to thy mercy4    #c3bb4 ,for thou art  
not delighted in our being lost1 because
 after a  storm thou makest a calm1 and 
after tears and weeping thou pourest in 
joyfulness4    #c3bc4 ,be thy name1 ,o  
,god of ,israel1 blessed for ever1      
#c3bd4 ,at that time the prayers of them
 both were heard in the sight of  the   
glory of the most high ,god3    #c3be4  
,and the holy angel of the ,lord1       
,raphael was sent to heal them  both1   

whose prayers at one time were rehearsed
 in the sight of the ,lord4    ,tobias  
,chapter #d    ,tobias thinking he shall
 die1 giveth his son godly admonitions3 
and  telleth him of money he had lent to
 a friend4    #d3a4 ,therefore when     
,tobias thought that his prayer was     
heard that he  might die1 he called to  
him ,tobias his son1    #d3b4 ,and said 
to him3 ,hear1 my son1 the words of my  
mouth1 and lay them  as a foundation in 
thy heart4    #d3c4 ,when ,god shall    
take my soul1 thou shalt bury my body3  
and thou  shalt honour thy mother all   
the days of her life3    #d3d4 ,for thou
 must be mindful what and how great     
perils she suffered for  thee in her    
womb4    #d3e4 ,and when she also shall 
have ended the time of her life1 bury   
her  by me4    #d3f4 ,and all the days  
of thy life have ,god in thy mind3 and  
take heed  thou never consent to sin1   
nor transgress the commandments of the  
,lord  our ,god4    #d3g4 ,give alms out
 of thy substance1 and turn not away thy

 face from any  poor person3 for so it  
shall come to pass that the face of the 
,lord  shall not be turned from thee4   
#d3h4 ,according to thy ability be      
merciful4    #d3i4 ,if thou have much   
give abundantly3 if thou have little1   
take care  even so to bestow willingly a
 little4    #d3aj4 ,for thus thou       
storest up to thyself a good reward for 
the day of  necessity4    #d3aa4 ,for   
alms deliver from all sin1 and from     
death1 and will not suffer  the soul to 
go into darkness4    #d3ab4 ,alms shall 
be a great confidence before the most   
high ,god1 to all  them that give it4   
#d3ac4 ,take heed to keep thyself1 my   
son1 from all fornication1 and  beside  
thy wife never endure to know a crime4  
#d3ad4 ,never suffer pride to reign in  
thy mind1 or in thy words3 for from  it 
all perdition took its beginning4       
#d3ae4 ,if any man hath done any work   
for thee1 immediately pay him his  hire1
 and let not the wages of thy hired     
servant stay with thee at all4    #d3af4

 ,see thou never do to another what thou
 wouldst hate to have done  to thee by  
another4    #d3ag4 ,eat thy bread with  
the hungry and the needy1 and with thy  
garments  cover the naked1    #d3ah4    
,lay out thy bread1 and thy wine upon   
the burial of a just man1 and  do not   
eat and drink thereof with the wicked4  
#d3ai4 ,seek counsel always of a wise   
man4    #d3bj4 ,bless ,god at all times3
 and desire of him to direct thy ways1  
and  that all thy counsels may abide in 
him4    #d3ba4 ,i tell thee also1 my    
son1 that ,i lent ten talents of silver1
 while  thou wast yet a child1 to       
,gabelus1 in ,rages a city of the       
,medes1 and ,i  have a note of his hand 
with me3    #d3bb4 ,now therefore       
inquire how thou mayst go to him1 and   
receive of him  the foresaid sum of     
money1 and restore to him the note of   
his hand4    #d3bc4 ,fear not1 my son3  
we lead indeed a poor life1 but we shall
 have  many good things if we fear ,god1
 and depart from all sin1 and do that   

which is good4    ,tobias ,chapter #e   
,young ,tobias seeking a guide for his  
journey1 the angel ,raphael1 in  shape  
of a man1 undertaketh this office4      
#e3a4 ,then ,tobias answered his father1
 and said3 ,i will do all things1       
father1 which thou hast commanded me4   
#e3b4 ,but how ,i shall get this money1 
,i cannot tell2 he knoweth not me1  and 
,i know not him3 what token shall ,i    
give him8 nor did ,i ever know the  way 
which leadeth thither4    #e3c4 ,then   
his father answered him1 and said3 ,i   
have a note of his hand  with me1 which 
when thou shalt shew him1 he will       
presently pay it4    #e3d4 ,but go now1 
and seek thee out some faithful man1 to 
go with thee  for his hire3 that thou   
mayst receive it1 while ,i yet live4    
#e3e4 ,then ,tobias going forth1 found a
 beautiful young man1 standing  girded1 
and as it were ready to walk4    #e3f4  
,and not knowing that he was an angel of
 ,god1 he saluted him1 and  said3 ,from 
whence art thou1 good young man8        

#e3g4 ,but he answered3 ,of the children
 of ,israel4 ,and ,tobias said to him3  
,knowest thou the way that leadeth to   
the country of the ,medes8    #e3h4 ,and
 he answered3 ,i know it3 and ,i have   
often walked through all the  ways      
thereof1 and ,i have abode with ,gabelus
 our brother1 who dwelleth at  ,rages a 
city of the ,medes1 which is situate in 
the mount of ,ecbatana4    #e3i4 ,and   
,tobias said to him3 ,stay for me1 ,i   
beseech thee1 till ,i tell  these same  
things to my father4    #e3aj4 ,then    
,tobias going in told all these things  
to his father4 ,upon  which his father  
being in admiration1 desired that he    
would come in unto  him4    #e3aa4 ,so  
going in he saluted him1 and said3 ,joy 
be to thee always4    #e3ab4 ,and       
,tobias said3 ,what manner of joy shall 
be to me1 who sit in  darkness and see  
not the light of heaven8    #e3ac4 ,and 
the young man said to him3 ,be of good  
courage1 thy cure from  ,god is at hand4
    #e3ad4 ,and ,tobias said to him3    

,canst thou conduct my son to ,gabelus  
at  ,rages1 a city of the ,medes8 and   
when thou shalt return1 ,i will pay thee
  thy hire4    #e3ae4 ,and the angel    
said to him3 ,i will conduct him        
thither1 and bring  him back to thee4   
#e3af4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,i pray
 thee1 tell me1 of what family1 or  what
 tribe art thou8    #e3ag4 ,and ,raphael
 the angel answered3 ,dost thou seek the
 family of him  thou hirest1 or the     
hired servant himself to go with thy    
son8    #e3ah4 ,but lest ,i should make 
thee uneasy1 ,i am ,azarias the son of  
the  great ,ananias4    ,azarias444 ,the
 angel took the form of ,azarias3 and   
therefore might call  himself by the    
name of the man whom he personated4     
,azarias1 in ,hebrew1  signifies the    
help of ,god1 and ,ananias the grace of 
,god4    #e3ai4 ,and ,tobias answered3  
,thou art of a great family4 ,but ,i    
pray thee  be not angry that ,i desired 
to know thy family4    #e3bj4 ,and the  
angel said to him3 ,i will lead thy son 

safe1 and bring him  to thee again safe4
    #e3ba4 ,and ,tobias answering1 said3
 ,may you have a good journey1 and ,god 
be with you in your way1 and his angel  
accompany you4    #e3bb4 ,then all      
things being ready1 that were to be     
carried in their  journey1 ,tobias bade 
his father and his mother farewell1 and 
they set  out both together4    #e3bc4  
,and when they were departed1 his mother
 began to weep1 and to say3  ,thou hast 
taken the staff of our old age1 and sent
 him away from us4    #e3bd4 ,i wish the
 money for which thou hast sent him1 had
 never been4    #e3be4 ,for our poverty 
was sufficient for us1 that we might    
account it as  riches1 that we saw our  
son4    #e3bf4 ,and ,tobias said to her3
 ,weep not1 our son will arrive thither 
safe1 and will return safe to us1 and   
thy eyes shall see him4    #e3bg4 ,for  
,i believe that the good angel of ,god  
doth accompany him1 and  doth order all 
things well that are done about him1 so 
that he shall  return to us with joy4   

#e3bh4 ,at these words his mother ceased
 weeping1 and held her peace4    ,tobias
 ,chapter #f    ,by the angel's advice  
young ,tobias taketh hold on a fish that
 assaulteth  him4 ,reserveth the heart1 
the gall1 and the liver for medicines4  
,they  lodge at the house of ,raguel1   
whose daughter ,sara1 ,tobias is to     
marry2  she had before been married to  
seven husbands1 who were all slain by a 
devil4    #f3a4 ,and ,tobias went       
forward1 and the dog followed him1 and  
he lodged  the first night by the river 
of ,tigris4    #f3b4 ,and he went out to
 wash his feet1 and behold a monstrous  
fish came  up to devour him4    #f3c4   
,and ,tobias being afraid of him1 cried 
out with a loud voice1  saying3 ,sir1 he
 cometh upon me4    #f3d4 ,and the angel
 said to him3 ,take him by the gill1 and
 draw him to  thee4 ,and when he had    
done so1 he drew him out upon the land1 
and he  began to pant before his feet4  
#f3e4 ,then the angel said to him3 ,take
 out the entrails of this fish1 and  lay

 up his heart1 and his gall1 and his    
liver for thee3 for these are  necessary
 for useful medicines4    #f3f4 ,and    
when he had done so1 he roasted the     
flesh thereof1 and they  took it with   
them in the way3 the rest they salted as
 much as might  serve them1 till they   
came to ,rages the city of the ,medes4  
#f3g4 ,then ,tobias asked the angel1 and
 said to him3 ,i beseech thee1  brother 
,azarias1 tell me what remedies are     
these things good for1 which  thou hast 
bid me keep of the fish8    #f3h4 ,and  
the angel1 answering1 said to him3 ,if  
thou put a little piece  of its heart   
upon coals1 the smoke thereof driveth   
away all kind of  devils1 either from   
man or from woman1 so that they come no 
more to  them4    ,its heart1 etc4 ,the 
liver 7ver4 #ai7444 ,god was pleased to 
give these  things a virtue against     
those proud spirits1 to make them1 who  
affected  to be like the ,most ,high1   
subject to such mean corporeal creatures
 as  instruments of his power4    #f3i4 

,and the gall is good for anointing the 
eyes1 in which there is a  white speck1 
and they shall be cured4    #f3aj4 ,and 
,tobias said to him3 ,where wilt thou   
that we lodge8    #f3aa4 ,and the angel 
answering1 said3 ,here is one whose name
 is ,raguel1 a  near kinsman of thy     
tribe1 and he hath a daughter named     
,sara1 but he  hath no son nor any other
 daughter beside her4    #f3ab4 ,all his
 substance is due to thee1 and thou must
 take her to wife4    #f3ac4 ,ask her   
therefore of her father1 and he will    
give her thee to  wife4    #f3ad4 ,then 
,tobias answered1 and said3 ,i hear that
 she hath been given to  seven husbands1
 and they all died3 moreover ,i have    
heard1 that a devil  killed them4       
#f3ae4 ,now ,i am afraid1 lest the same 
thing should happen to me also3 and     
whereas ,i am the only child of my      
parents1 ,i should bring down their old 
age with sorrow to hell4    ,hell444    
,that is1 to the place where the souls  
of the good were kept  before the coming

 of ,christ4    #f3af4 ,then the angel  
,raphael said to him3 ,hear me1 and ,i  
will shew thee  who they are1 over whom 
the devil can prevail4    #f3ag4 ,for   
they who in such manner receive         
matrimony1 as to shut out ,god  from    
themselves1 and from their mind1 and to 
give themselves to their  lust1 as the  
horse and mule1 which have not          
understanding1 over them the  devil hath
 power4    #f3ah4 ,but thou when thou   
shalt take her1 go into the chamber1 and
 for  three days keep thyself continent 
from her1 and give thyself to nothing   
else but to prayers with her4    #f3ai4 
,and on that night lay the liver of the 
fish on the fire1 and the  devil shall  
be driven away4    #f3bj4 ,but the      
second night thou shalt be admitted into
 the society of  the holy ,patriarchs4  
#f3ba4 ,and the third night thou shalt  
obtain a blessing that sound  children  
may be born of you4    #f3bb4 ,and when 
the third night is past1 thou shalt take
 the virgin with  the fear of the ,lord1

 moved rather for love of children than 
for lust1  that in the seed of ,abraham 
thou mayst obtain a blessing in         
children4    ,tobias ,chapter #g        
,they are kindly entertained by ,raguel4
 ,tobias demandeth ,sara to wife4       
#g3a4 ,and they went in to ,raguel1 and 
,raguel received them with joy4    #g3b4
 ,and ,raguel looking upon ,tobias1 said
 to ,anna his wife3 ,how like is  this  
young man to my cousin8    #g3c4 ,and   
when he had spoken these words1 he said3
 ,whence are ye young  men our brethren8
    #g3d4 ,but they said3 ,we are of the
 tribe of ,nephtali1 of the captivity of
  ,ninive4    #g3e4 ,and ,raguel said to
 them3 ,do you know ,tobias my brother8 
,and they  said3 ,we know him4    #g3f4 
,and when he was speaking many good     
things of him1 the angel said to        
,raguel3 ,tobias concerning whom thou   
inquirest is this young man's  father4  
#g3g4 ,and ,raguel went to him1 and     
kissed him with tears and weeping upon  
his neck1 said3 ,a blessing be upon     

thee1 my son1 because thou art the  son 
of a good and most virtuous man4        
#g3h4 ,and ,anna his wife1 and ,sara    
their daughter wept4    #g3i4 ,and after
 they had spoken1 ,raguel commanded a   
sheep to be killed1  and a feast to be  
prepared4 ,and when he desired them to  
sit down to  dinner1    #g3aj4 ,tobias  
said3 ,i will not eat nor drink here    
this day1 unless thou  first grant me my
 petition1 and promise to give me ,sara 
thy daughter4    #g3aa4 ,now when       
,raguel heard this he was afraid1       
knowing what had  happened to those     
seven husbands1 that went in unto her3  
and he began to  fear lest it might     
happen to him also in like manner3 and  
as he was in  suspense1 and gave no     
answer to his petition1    #g3ab4 ,the  
angel said to him3 ,be not afraid to    
give her to this man1 for  to him who   
feareth ,god is thy daughter due to be  
his wife3 therefore  another could not  
have her4    #g3ac4 ,then ,raguel said3 
,i doubt not but ,god hath regarded my  

prayers and  tears in his sight4        
#g3ad4 ,and ,i believe he hath therefore
 made you come to me1 that this  maid   
might be married to one of her own      
kindred1 according to the law of        
,moses3 and now doubt not but ,i will   
give her to thee4    #g3ae4 ,and taking 
the right hand of his daughter1 he gave 
it into the  right hand of ,tobias1     
saying3 ,the ,god of ,abraham1 and the  
,god of ,isaac1  and the ,god of ,jacob 
be with you1 and may he join you        
together1 and  fulfil his blessing in   
you4    #g3af4 ,and taking paper they   
made a writing of the marriage4         
#g3ag4 ,and afterwards they made merry1 
blessing ,god4    #g3ah4 ,and ,raguel   
called to him ,anna his wife1 and bade  
her to prepare  another chamber4        
#g3ai4 ,and she brought ,sara her       
daughter in thither1 and she wept4      
#g3bj4 ,and she said to her3 ,be of good
 cheer1 my daughter3 the ,lord of       
heaven give thee joy for the trouble    
thou hast undergone4    ,tobias ,chapter

 #h    ,tobias burneth part of the      
fish's liver1 and ,raphael bindeth the  
devil4  ,tobias and ,sara pray4    #h3a4
 ,and after they had supped1 they       
brought in the young man to her4        
#h3b4 ,and ,tobias remembering the      
angel's word1 took out of his bag part  
of the liver1 and laid it upon burning  
coals4    #h3c4 ,then the angel ,raphael
 took the devil1 and bound him in the   
desert  of upper ,egypt4    #h3d4 ,then 
,tobias exhorted the virgin1 and said to
 her3 ,sara1 arise1 and  let us pray to 
,god to day1 and to morrow1 and the next
 day3 because for  these three nights we
 are joined to ,god3 and when the third 
night is  over1 we will be in our own   
wedlock4    #h3e4 ,for we are the       
children of saints1 and we must not be  
joined  together like heathens that know
 not ,god4    #h3f4 ,so they both arose1
 and prayed earnestly both together that
 health  might be given them1    #h3g4  
,and ,tobias said3 ,lord ,god of our    
fathers1 may the heavens and the  earth1

 and the sea1 and the fountains1 and the
 rivers1 and all thy  creatures that are
 in them1 bless thee4    #h3h4 ,thou    
madest ,adam of the slime of the earth1 
and gavest him ,eve for  a helper4      
#h3i4 ,and now1 ,lord1 thou knowest1    
that not for fleshly lust do ,i take my 
sister to wife1 but only for the love of
 posterity1 in which thy name  may be   
blessed for ever and ever4    #h3aj4    
,sara also said3 ,have mercy on us1 ,o  
,lord1 have mercy on us1 and  let us    
grow old both together in health4       
#h3aa4 ,and it came to pass about the   
cockcrowing1 ,raguel ordered his        
servants to be called for1 and they went
 with him together to dig a  grave4     
#h3ab4 ,for he said3 ,lest perhaps it   
may have happened to him1 in like       
manner as it did to the other seven     
husbands1 that went in unto her4        
#h3ac4 ,and when they had prepared the  
pit1 ,raguel went back to his wife1  and
 said to her3    #h3ad4 ,send one of thy
 maids1 and let her see if he be dead1  

that ,i may  bury him before it be day4 
#h3ae4 ,so she sent one of her          
maidservants1 who went into the chamber1
  and found them safe and sound1        
sleeping both together4    #h3af4 ,and  
returning she brought the good news3 and
 ,raguel and ,anna his  wife blessed the
 ,lord1    #h3ag4 ,and said3 ,we bless  
thee1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 because 
it hath not  happened as we suspected4  
#h3ah4 ,for thou hast shewn thy mercy to
 us1 and hast shut out from us the      
enemy that persecuted us4    #h3ai4 ,and
 thou hast taken pity upon two only     
children4 ,make them1 ,o  ,lord1 bless  
thee more fully3 and to offer up to thee
 a sacrifice of thy  praise1 and of     
their health1 that all nations may know1
 that thou alone  art ,god in all the   
earth4    #h3bj4 ,and immediately       
,raguel commanded his servants1 to fill 
up the pit  they had made1 before it was
 day4    #h3ba4 ,and he spoke to his    
wife to make ready a feast1 and prepare 
all  kind of provisions that are        

necessary for such as go a journey4     
#h3bb4 ,he caused also two fat kine1 and
 four wethers to be killed1 and a       
banquet to be prepared for all his      
neighbours1 and all his friends1        
#h3bc4 ,and ,raguel adjured ,tobias1 to 
abide with him two weeks4    #h3bd4 ,and
 of all things which ,raguel possessed1 
he gave one half to  ,tobias1 and made a
 writing1 that the half that remained   
should after  their decease come also to
 ,tobias4    ,tobias ,chapter #i    ,the
 angel ,raphael goeth to ,gabelus1      
receiveth the money1 and bringeth  him  
to the marriage4    #i3a4 ,then ,tobias 
called the angel to him1 whom he took to
 be a man1 and  said to him3 ,brother   
,azarias1 ,i pray thee hearken to my    
words3    #i3b4 ,if ,i should give      
myself to be thy servant ,i should not  
make a  worthy return for thy care4     
#i3c4 ,however1 ,i beseech thee1 to take
 with thee beasts and servants1 and  to 
go to ,gabelus to ,rages the city of the
 ,medes3 and to restore to him  his note

 of hand1 and receive of him the money1 
and desire him to come  to my wedding4  
#i3d4 ,for thou knowest that my father  
numbereth the days3 and if ,i stay  one 
day more1 his soul will be afflicted4   
#i3e4 ,and indeed thou seest how ,raguel
 hath adjured me1 whose adjuring ,i     
cannot despise4    #i3f4 ,then ,raphael 
took four of ,raguel's servants1 and two
 camels1 and  went to ,rages the city of
 the ,medes3 and finding ,gabelus1 gave 
him his  note of hand1 and received of  
him all the money4    #i3g4 ,and he told
 him concerning ,tobias the son of      
,tobias1 all that had  been done3 and   
made him come with him to the wedding4  
#i3h4 ,and when he was come into        
,raguel's house he found ,tobias sitting
 at  the table3 and he leaped up1 and   
they kissed each other3 and ,gabelus    
wept1 and blessed ,god1    #i3i4 ,and   
said3 ,the ,god of ,israel bless thee1  
because thou art the son of  a very good
 and just man1 and that feareth ,god1   
and doth almsdeeds3    #i3aj4 ,and may a

 blessing come upon thy wife and upon   
your parents4    #i3aa4 ,and may you see
 your children1 and your children's     
children1 unto  the third and fourth    
generation3 and may your seed be blessed
 by the ,god  of ,israel1 who reigneth  
for ever and ever4    #i3ab4 ,and when  
all had said1 ,amen1 they went to the   
feast3 but the  marriage feast they     
celebrated also with the fear of the    
,lord4    ,tobias ,chapter #aj    ,the  
parents lament the long absence of their
 son ,tobias4 ,he sets out to  return4  
#aj3a4 ,but as ,tobias made longer stay 
upon occasion of the marriage1  ,tobias 
his father was solicitous1 saying3 ,why 
thinkest thou doth my son  tarry1 or why
 is he detained there8    #aj3b4 ,is    
,gabelus dead1 thinkest thou1 and no man
 will pay him the money8    #aj3c4 ,and 
he began to be exceeding sad1 both he   
and ,anna his wife with  him3 and they  
began both to weep together1 because    
their son did not  return to them on the
 day appointed4    #aj3d4 ,but his      

mother wept and was quite disconsolate1 
and said3 ,woe1 woe  is me1 my son2 why 
did we send thee to go to a strange     
country1 the  light of our eyes1 the    
staff of our old age1 the comfort of our
 life1  the hope of our posterity8      
#aj3e4 ,we having all things together in
 thee alone1 ought not to have let  thee
 go from us4    #aj3f4 ,and ,tobias said
 to her3 ,hold thy peace1 and be not    
troubled1 our  son is safe3 that man    
with whom we sent him is very trusty4   
#aj3g4 ,but she could by no means be    
comforted1 but daily running out  looked
 round about1 and went into all the ways
 by which there seemed any  hope he     
might return1 that she might if possible
 see him coming afar  off4    #aj3h4    
,but ,raguel said to his son in law3    
,stay here1 and ,i will send a          
messenger to ,tobias thy father1 that   
thou art in health4    #aj3i4 ,and      
,tobias said to him3 ,i know that my    
father and mother now count  the days1  
and their spirit is grievously afflicted

 within them4    #aj3aj4 ,and when      
,raguel had pressed ,tobias with many   
words1 and he by no  means would hearken
 to him1 he delivered ,sara unto him1   
and half of all  his substance in       
menservants1 and womenservants1 in      
cattle1 in camels1  and in kine1 and in 
much money1 and sent him away safe and  
joyful from  him1    #aj3aa4 ,saying3   
,the holy angel of the ,lord be with you
 in your journey1  and bring you through
 safe1 and that you may find all things 
well about  your parents1 and my eyes   
may see your children before ,i die4    
#aj3ab4 ,and the parents taking their   
daughter kissed her1 and let her go3    
#aj3ac4 ,admonishing her to honour her  
father and mother in law1 to love  her  
husband1 to take care of the family1 to 
govern the house1 and to  behave herself
 irreprehensibly4    ,tobias ,chapter   
#aa    ,tobias anointeth his father's   
eyes with the fish's gall1 and he       
recovereth his sight4    #aa3a4 ,and as 
they were returning they came to        

,charan1 which is in the  midway to     
,ninive1 the eleventh day4    #aa3b4    
,and the angel said3 ,brother ,tobias1  
thou knowest how thou didst  leave thy  
father4    #aa3c4 ,if it please thee    
therefore1 let us go before1 and let the
 family  follow softly after us1        
together with thy wife1 and with the    
beasts4    #aa3d4 ,and as this their    
going pleased him1 ,raphael said to     
,tobias3 ,take  with thee of the gall of
 the fish1 for it will be necessary4 ,so
 ,tobias  took some of that gall and    
departed4    #aa3e4 ,but ,anna sat      
beside the way daily1 on the top of a   
hill1 from  whence she might see afar   
off4    #aa3f4 ,and while she watched   
his coming from that place1 she saw him 
afar  off1 and presently perceived it   
was her son coming3 and returning she   
told her husband1 saying3 ,behold thy   
son cometh4    #aa3g4 ,and ,raphael said
 to ,tobias3 ,as soon as thou shalt come
 into thy  house1 forthwith adore the   
,lord thy ,god3 and giving thanks to    

him1 go to  thy father1 and kiss him4   
#aa3h4 ,and immediately anoint his eyes 
with this gall of the fish1 which  thou 
carriest with thee4 ,for be assured that
 his eyes shall be presently  opened1   
and thy father shall see the light of   
heaven1 and shall rejoice  in the sight 
of thee4    #aa3i4 ,then the dog1 which 
had been with them in the way1 ran      
before1 and  coming as if he had brought
 the news1 shewed his joy by his fawning
 and  wagging his tail4    ,the dog1    
etc444 ,this may seem a very minute     
circumstance to be recorded  in sacred  
history3 but as we learn from our       
,saviour1 ,st4 ,matt4 #e4ah1  there are 
iotas and tittles in the word of ,god3  
that is to say1 things  that appear     
minute1 but which have indeed a deep and
 mysterious meaning  in them4    #aa3aj4
 ,and his father that was blind1 rising 
up1 began to run stumbling  with his    
feet3 and giving a servant his hand1    
went to meet his son4    #aa3aa4 ,and   
receiving him kissed him1 as did also   

his wife1 and they  began to weep for   
joy4    #aa3ab4 ,and when they had      
adored ,god1 and given him thanks1 they 
sat down  together4    #aa3ac4 ,then    
,tobias taking of the gall of the fish1 
anointed his father's  eyes4    #aa3ad4 
,and he stayed about half an hour3 and a
 white skin began to come  out of his   
eyes1 like the skin of an egg4          
#aa3ae4 ,and ,tobias took hold of it1   
and drew it from his eyes1 and          
recovered his sight4    #aa3af4 ,and    
they glorified ,god1 both he and his    
wife and all that knew  him4    #aa3ag4 
,and ,tobias said3 ,i bless thee1 ,o    
,lord ,god of ,israel1 because thou     
hast chastised me1 and thou hast saved  
me and behold ,i see ,tobias my  son4   
#aa3ah4 ,and after seven days ,sara his 
son's wife and all the family  arrived  
safe1 and the cattle1 and the camels1   
and an abundance of money  of his       
wife's3 and that money also which he had
 received of ,gabelus1    #aa3ai4 ,and  
he told his parents all the benefits of 

,god1 which he had  done to him by the  
man that conducted him4    #aa3bj4 ,and 
,achior and ,nabath the kinsmen of      
,tobias came1 rejoicing for  ,tobias1   
and congratulating with him for all the 
good things that ,god had  done for him4
    #aa3ba4 ,and for seven days they    
feasted and rejoiced all with great joy4
    ,tobias ,chapter #ab    ,raphael    
maketh himself known4    #ab3a4 ,then   
,tobias called to him his son and said  
to him3 ,what can we  give to this holy 
man1 that is come with thee8    #ab3b4  
,tobias answering1 said to his father3  
,father1 what wages shall we  give him8 
or what can be worthy of his benefits8  
#ab3c4 ,he conducted me and brought me  
safe again1 he received the money  of   
,gabelus1 he caused me to have my wife1 
and he chased from her the  evil spirit1
 he gave joy to her parents1 myself he  
delivered from being  devoured by the   
fish1 thee also he hath made to see the 
light of heaven1  and we are filled with
 all good things through him4 ,what can 

we give him  sufficient for these       
things8    #ab3d4 ,but ,i beseech thee1 
my father1 to desire him1 that he would 
vouchsafe to accept of one half of all  
things that have been brought4    #ab3e4
 ,so the father and the son calling him1
 took him aside3 and began  to desire   
him that he would vouchsafe to accept of
 half of all things  that they had      
brought1    #ab3f4 ,then he said to them
 secretly1 ,bless ye the ,god of heaven1
 give  glory to him in the sight of all 
that live1 because he hath shewn his    
mercy to you4    #ab3g4 ,for it is good 
to hide the secret of a king3 to reveal 
and confess  the works of ,god4         
#ab3h4 ,prayer is good with fasting and 
alms more than to lay up treasures  of  
gold4    #ab3i4 ,for alms delivereth    
from death1 and the same is that which  
purgeth  away sins1 and maketh to find  
mercy and life everlasting4    #ab3aj4  
,but they that commit sin and iniquity1 
are enemies to their own  soul4         
#ab3aa4 ,i discover then the truth unto 

you1 and ,i will not hide the  secret   
from you4    #ab3ab4 ,when thou didst   
pray with tears1 and didst bury the     
dead1 and  didst leave thy dinner1 and  
hide the dead by day in thy house1 and  
bury  them by night1 ,i offered thy     
prayer to the ,lord4    #ab3ac4 ,and    
because thou wast acceptable to ,god1 it
 was necessary that  temptation should  
prove thee4    #ab3ad4 ,and now the     
,lord hath sent me to heal thee1 and to 
deliver ,sara  thy son's wife from the  
devil4    #ab3ae4 ,for ,i am the angel  
,raphael1 one of the seven1 who stand   
before  the ,lord4    #ab3af4 ,and when 
they had heard these things1 they were  
troubled1 and  being seized with fear   
they fell upon the ground on their face4
    #ab3ag4 ,and the angel said to them3
 ,peace be to you1 fear not4    #ab3ah4 
,for when ,i was with you1 ,i was there 
by the will of ,god3 bless ye  him1 and 
sing praises to him4    #ab3ai4 ,i      
seemed indeed to eat and to drink with  
you but ,i use an  invisible meat and   

drink1 which cannot be seen by men4     
#ab3bj4 ,it is time therefore that ,i   
return to him that sent me3 but bless   
ye ,god1 and publish all his wonderful  
works4    #ab3ba4 ,and when he had said 
these things1 he was taken from their   
sight1  and they could see him no more4 
#ab3bb4 ,then they lying prostrate for  
three hours upon their face1  blessed   
,god1 and rising up1 they told all his  
wonderful works4    ,tobias ,chapter #ac
    ,tobias the father praiseth ,god1   
exhorting all ,israel to do the same4   
,prophesieth the restoration and better 
state of ,jerusalem4    #ac3a4 ,and     
,tobias the elder opening his mouth1    
blessed the ,lord1 and  said3 ,thou art 
great ,o ,lord1 for ever1 and thy       
kingdom is unto all ages4    #ac3b4 ,for
 thou scourgest1 and thou savest3 thou  
leadest down to hell1  and bringest up  
again3 and there is none that can escape
 thy hand4    #ac3c4 ,give glory to the 
,lord1 ye children of ,israel1 and      
praise him in  the sight of the         

,gentiles3    #ac3d4 ,because he hath   
therefore scattered you among the       
,gentiles1 who  know not him1 that you  
may declare his wonderful works1 and    
make them  know that there is no other  
almighty ,god besides him4    #ac3e4 ,he
 hath chastised us for our iniquities3  
and he will save us for  his own mercy4 
#ac3f4 ,see then what he hath done with 
us1 and with fear and trembling  give ye
 glory to him3 and extol the eternal    
,king of worlds in your  works4         
#ac3g4 ,as for me1 ,i will praise him in
 the land of my captivity3 because  he  
hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful  
nation1    #ac3h4 ,be converted         
therefore1 ye sinners1 and do justice   
before ,god1  believing that he will    
shew his mercy to you4    #ac3i4 ,and ,i
 and my soul will rejoice in him4       
#ac3aj4 ,bless ye the ,lord1 all his    
elect1 keep days of joy1 and give  glory
 to him4    #ac3aa4 ,jerusalem1 city of 
,god1 the ,lord hath chastised thee for 
the  works of thy hands4                

,jerusalem444 ,what is prophetically    
delivered here1 and in the following    
chapter1 with relation to ,jerusalem1 is
 partly to be understood of the         
rebuilding of the city after the        
captivity3 and partly of the spiritual  
,jerusalem1 which is the church of      
,christ1 and the eternal ,jerusalem in  
heaven4    #ac3ab4 ,give glory to the   
,lord for thy good things1 and bless the
 ,god  eternal that he may rebuild his  
tabernacle in thee1 and may call back   
all the captives to thee1 and thou mayst
 rejoice for ever and ever4    #ac3ac4  
,thou shalt shine with a glorious light3
 and all the ends of the  earth shall   
worship thee1    #ac3ad4 ,nations from  
afar shall come to thee3 and shall bring
 gifts1 and  shall adore the ,lord in   
thee1 and shall esteem thy land as holy4
    #ac3ae4 ,for they shall call upon   
the great name in thee1    #ac3af4 ,they
 shall be cursed that shall despise     
thee3 and they shall be  condemned that 
shall blaspheme thee3 and blessed shall 

they be that  shall build thee up1      
#ac3ag4 ,but thou shalt rejoice in thy  
children1 because they shall all be     
blessed1 and shall be gathered together 
to the ,lord4    #ac3ah4 ,blessed are   
all they that love thee1 and that       
rejoice in thy  peace1    #ac3ai4 ,my   
soul1 bless thou the ,lord1 because the 
,lord our ,god hath  delivered          
,jerusalem his city from all her        
troubles4    #ac3bj4 ,happy shall ,i be 
if there shall remain of my seed1 to see
 the  glory of ,jerusalem4    #ac3ba4   
,the gates of ,jerusalem shall be built 
of sapphire1 and of  emerald1 and all   
the walls thereof round about of        
precious stones4    #ac3bb4 ,all its    
streets shall be paved with white and   
clean stones3 and  ,alleluia shall be   
sung in its streets1    #ac3bc4 ,blessed
 be the ,lord1 who hath exalted it1 and 
may he reign over  it for ever and ever1
 ,amen4    ,tobias ,chapter #ad    ,old 
,tobias dieth at the age of a hundred   
and two years1 after exhorting  his son 

and grandsons to piety1 foreshewing that
 ,ninive shall be  destroyed1 and       
,jerusalem rebuilt4  ,the younger       
,tobias returneth with his  family to   
,raguel1 and dieth happily as he had    
lived4    #ad3a4 ,and the words of      
,tobias were ended4 ,and after ,tobias  
was restored  to his sight1 he lived two
 and forty years1 and saw the children  
of his  grandchildren4    #ad3b4 ,and   
after he had lived a hundred and two    
years1 he was buried  honorably in      
,ninive4    #ad3c4 ,for he was six and  
fifty years old when he lost the sight  
of his  eyes1 and sixty when he         
recovered it again4    #ad3d4 ,and the  
rest of his life was in joy1 and with   
great increase of  the fear of ,god he  
departed in peace4    #ad3e4 ,and at the
 hour of his death he called unto him   
his son ,tobias and  his children1 seven
 young men1 his grandsons1 and said to  
them3    #ad3f4 ,the destruction of     
,ninive is at hand3 for the word of the 
,lord  must be fulfilled3 and our       

brethren1 that are scattered abroad from
 the  land of ,israel1 shall return to  
it4    #ad3g4 ,and all the land thereof 
that is desert shall be filled with     
people1 and the house of ,god which is  
burnt in it1 shall again be  rebuilt3   
and all that fear ,god shall return     
thither4    #ad3h4 ,and the ,gentiles   
shall leave their idols1 and shall come 
into  ,jerusalem1 and shall dwell in it4
    #ad3i4 ,and all the kings of the    
earth shall rejoice in it1 adoring the  
,king of ,israel4    #ad3aj4 ,hearken   
therefore1 my children1 to your father3 
serve the ,lord in  truth1 and seek to  
do the things that please him3          
#ad3aa4 ,and command your children that 
they do justice and almsdeeds1 and  that
 they be mindful of ,god1 and bless him 
at all times in truth1 and  with all    
their power4    #ad3ab4 ,and now1       
children1 hear me1 and do not stay here3
 but as soon as  you shall bury your    
mother by me in one sepulchre1 without  
delay direct  your steps to depart      

hence3    #ad3ac4 ,for ,i see that its  
iniquity will bring it to destruction4  
#ad3ad4 ,and it came to pass that after 
the death of his mother1 ,tobias        
departed out of ,ninive with his wife1  
and children1 and children's  children1 
and returned to his father and mother in
 law4    #ad3ae4 ,and he found them in  
health in a good old age3 and he took   
care  of them1 and he closed their eyes3
 and all the inheritance of ,raguel's   
house came to him3 and he saw his       
children's children to the fifth        
generation4    #ad3af4 ,and after he had
 lived ninety-nine years in the fear of 
the ,lord1  with joy they buried him4   
#ad3ag4 ,and all his kindred1 and all   
his generation continued in good  life1 
and in holy conversation1 so that they  
were acceptable both to  ,god1 and to   
men1 and to all that dwelt in the land4