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Day 135 of 365

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Tobit 7-12

Tobit Chapter 7

¹They came to Ecbatana, and arrived at the house of Raguel. But Sarah met them; and she greeted them, and they her. Then she brought them into the house. ²Raguel said to Edna his wife, “This young man really resembles Tobit my cousin!” ³And Raguel asked them, “Where are you two from, kindred?” They said to him, “We are of the sons of Naphtali, who are captives in Nineveh.” ⁴He said to them, “Do you know Tobit our brother?” They said, “We know him.” Then he said to them, “Is he in good health?” ⁵They said, “He is both alive, and in good health.” Tobias said, “He is my father.” ⁶And Raguel sprang up, and kissed him, wept, ⁷blessed him, and said to him, “You are the son of an honest and good man.” When he had heard that Tobit had lost his sight, he was grieved, and wept; ⁸and Edna his wife and Sarah his daughter wept. They received them gladly; and they killed a ram of the flock, and served them meat. But Tobias said to Raphael, “Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which you talked about in the way, and let the matter be finished.” ⁹So he communicated the thing to Raguel. Raguel said to Tobias, “Eat, drink, and make merry: ¹⁰for it belongs to you to take my child. However I will tell you the truth. ¹¹I have given my child to seven men of our relatives, and whenever they came in to her, they died in the night. But for the present be merry.” And Tobias said, “I will taste nothing here, until you all make a covenant and enter into that covenant with me.” ¹²Raguel said, “Take her to yourself from now on according to custom. You are her relative, and she is yours. The merciful God will give all good success to you.” ¹³And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife of Tobias, and said, “Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father.” And he blessed them. ¹⁴He called Edna his wife, then took a book, wrote a contract, and sealed it. ¹⁵Then they began to eat. ¹⁶And Raguel called his wife Edna, and said to her, “Sister, prepare the other chamber, and bring her in there.” ¹⁷She did as he asked her, and brought her in there. She wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said to her, ¹⁸“Be comforted, my child. May the Lord of heaven and earth give you favor for this your sorrow. Be comforted, my daughter.”

1: They came to Ecbatana, and arrived at the house of Raguel. But Sarah met them; and she greeted them, and they her. Then she brought them into the house.

2: Raguel said to Edna his wife, “This young man really resembles Tobit my cousin!”

3: And Raguel asked them, “Where are you two from, kindred?” They said to him, “We are of the sons of Naphtali, who are captives in Nineveh.”

4: He said to them, “Do you know Tobit our brother?” They said, “We know him.” Then he said to them, “Is he in good health?”

5: They said, “He is both alive, and in good health.” Tobias said, “He is my father.”

6: And Raguel sprang up, and kissed him, wept,

7: blessed him, and said to him, “You are the son of an honest and good man.” When he had heard that Tobit had lost his sight, he was grieved, and wept;

8: and Edna his wife and Sarah his daughter wept. They received them gladly; and they killed a ram of the flock, and served them meat. But Tobias said to Raphael, “Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which you talked about in the way, and let the matter be finished.”

9: So he communicated the thing to Raguel. Raguel said to Tobias, “Eat, drink, and make merry:

10: for it belongs to you to take my child. However I will tell you the truth.

11: I have given my child to seven men of our relatives, and whenever they came in to her, they died in the night. But for the present be merry.” And Tobias said, “I will taste nothing here, until you all make a covenant and enter into that covenant with me.”

12: Raguel said, “Take her to yourself from now on according to custom. You are her relative, and she is yours. The merciful God will give all good success to you.”

13: And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife of Tobias, and said, “Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father.” And he blessed them.

14: He called Edna his wife, then took a book, wrote a contract, and sealed it.

15: Then they began to eat.

16: And Raguel called his wife Edna, and said to her, “Sister, prepare the other chamber, and bring her in there.”

17: She did as he asked her, and brought her in there. She wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said to her,

18: “Be comforted, my child. May the Lord of heaven and earth give you favor for this your sorrow. Be comforted, my daughter.”

Tobit Chapter 8

¹When they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in to her. ²But as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them, and made smoke with them. ³When the demon smelled that smell, it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him. ⁴But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, “Sister, arise, and let’s pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.” ⁵And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures. ⁶You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him. ⁷And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.” ⁸She said with him, “Amen.” And they both slept that night. ⁹Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave, ¹⁰saying, “Lest he also should die.” ¹¹And Raguel came into his house, ¹²and said to Edna his wife, “Send one of the maidservants, and let them see if he is alive. If not, we will bury him, and no man will know it.” ¹³So the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and found them both sleeping, ¹⁴and came out, and told them that he was alive. ¹⁵Then Raguel blessed God, saying, “Blessed are you, O God, with all pure and holy blessing! Let your saints bless you, and all your creatures! Let all your angels and your elect bless you forever! ¹⁶Blessed are you, because you have made me glad; and it has not happened to me as I suspected; but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy. ¹⁷Blessed are you, because you have had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents. Show them mercy, O Lord. Fulfill their life in health with gladness and mercy. ¹⁸He commanded his servants to fill the grave. ¹⁹He kept the wedding feast for them fourteen days. ²⁰Before the days of the wedding feast were finished, Raguel sware to him, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the wedding feast were fulfilled; ²¹and that then he should take half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and the rest, said he, when my wife and I die.

1: When they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in to her.

2: But as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them, and made smoke with them.

3: When the demon smelled that smell, it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.

4: But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, “Sister, arise, and let’s pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.”

5: And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.

6: You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him.

7: And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.”

8: She said with him, “Amen.” And they both slept that night.

9: Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave,

10: saying, “Lest he also should die.”

11: And Raguel came into his house,

12: and said to Edna his wife, “Send one of the maidservants, and let them see if he is alive. If not, we will bury him, and no man will know it.”

13: So the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and found them both sleeping,

14: and came out, and told them that he was alive.

15: Then Raguel blessed God, saying, “Blessed are you, O God, with all pure and holy blessing! Let your saints bless you, and all your creatures! Let all your angels and your elect bless you forever!

16: Blessed are you, because you have made me glad; and it has not happened to me as I suspected; but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy.

17: Blessed are you, because you have had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents. Show them mercy, O Lord. Fulfill their life in health with gladness and mercy.

18: He commanded his servants to fill the grave.

19: He kept the wedding feast for them fourteen days.

20: Before the days of the wedding feast were finished, Raguel sware to him, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the wedding feast were fulfilled;

21: and that then he should take half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and the rest, said he, when my wife and I die.

Tobit Chapter 9

¹And Tobias called Raphael, and said to him, ²“Brother Azarias, take with you a servant and two camels, and go to Rages of Media to Gabael, and receive the money for me, and bring him to the wedding feast, ³because Raguel has sworn that I must not depart. ⁴My father counts the days; and if I wait long, he will be very grieved. ⁵So Raphael went on his way, and lodged with Gabael, and gave him the handwriting; so he brought forth the bags with their seals, and gave them to him. ⁶Then they rose up early in the morning together, and came to the wedding feast. Tobias blessed his wife.

Tobit Chapter 10

¹Tobit his father counted every day. When the days of the journey were expired, and they didn’t come, ²he said, “Is he perchance detained? Or is Gabael perchance dead, and there is no one to give him the money?” ³He was very grieved. ⁴But his wife said to him, “The child has perished, seeing he waits long.” She began to bewail him, and said, ⁵“I care about nothing, my child, since I have let you go, the light of my eyes.” ⁶Tobit said to her, “Hold your peace. Don’t worry. He is in good health.” ⁷And she said to him, “Hold your peace. Don’t deceive me. My child has perished.” And she went out every day into the way by which they went, and ate no bread in the day-time, and didn’t stop bewailing her son Tobias for whole nights, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, “Send me away, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.” ⁸But his father-in-law said to him, “Stay with me, and I will send to your father, and they will declare to him how things go with you.” ⁹Tobias said, “No. Send me away to my father.” ¹⁰Raguel arose, and gave him Sarah his wife, and half his goods, servants and cattle and money; ¹¹and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, “The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die.” ¹²And he said to his daughter, “Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law. They are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you.” Then he kissed her. Edna said to Tobias, “May the Lord of heaven restore you, dear brother, and grant to me that I may see your children of my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. Behold, I commit my daughter to you in special trust. Don’t cause her grief.

1: Tobit his father counted every day. When the days of the journey were expired, and they didn’t come,

2: he said, “Is he perchance detained? Or is Gabael perchance dead, and there is no one to give him the money?”

3: He was very grieved.

4: But his wife said to him, “The child has perished, seeing he waits long.” She began to bewail him, and said,

5: “I care about nothing, my child, since I have let you go, the light of my eyes.”

6: Tobit said to her, “Hold your peace. Don’t worry. He is in good health.”

7: And she said to him, “Hold your peace. Don’t deceive me. My child has perished.” And she went out every day into the way by which they went, and ate no bread in the day-time, and didn’t stop bewailing her son Tobias for whole nights, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, “Send me away, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.”

8: But his father-in-law said to him, “Stay with me, and I will send to your father, and they will declare to him how things go with you.”

9: Tobias said, “No. Send me away to my father.”

10: Raguel arose, and gave him Sarah his wife, and half his goods, servants and cattle and money;

11: and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, “The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die.”

12: And he said to his daughter, “Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law. They are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you.” Then he kissed her. Edna said to Tobias, “May the Lord of heaven restore you, dear brother, and grant to me that I may see your children of my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. Behold, I commit my daughter to you in special trust. Don’t cause her grief.

Tobit Chapter 11

¹After these things Tobias also went his way, blessing God because he had prospered his journey; and he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife. Then he went on his way until they drew near to Nineveh. ²Raphael said to Tobias, “Don’t you know, brother, how you left your father? ³Let’s run forward before your wife, and prepare the house. ⁴But take in your hand the bile of the fish.” So they went their way, and the dog went after them. ⁵Anna sat looking around toward the path for her son. ⁶She saw him coming, and said to his father, “Behold, your son is coming with the man that went with him!” ⁷Raphael said, “I know, Tobias, that your father will open his eyes. ⁸Therefore anoint his eyes with the bile, and being pricked with it, he will rub, and will make the white films fall away. Then he will see you.” ⁹Anna ran to him, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said to him, “I have seen you, my child! I am ready to die.” They both wept. ¹⁰Tobit went toward the door and stumbled; but his son ran to him, ¹¹and took hold of his father. He rubbed the bile on his father’s eyes, saying, “Cheer up, my father.” ¹²When his eyes began to hurt, he rubbed them. ¹³Then the white films peeled away from the corners of his eyes; and he saw his son, and fell upon his neck. ¹⁴He wept, and said, “Blessed are you, O God, and blessed is your name forever! Blessed are all your holy angels! ¹⁵For you scourged, and had mercy on me. 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. ¹⁶Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing and blessing God. Those who saw him go marveled, because he had received his sight. ¹⁷Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had shown mercy on him. When Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, saying, “Welcome, daughter! Blessed is God who has brought you to us, and blessed are your father and your mother.” And there was joy among all his kindred who were at Nineveh. ¹⁸Achiacharus and Nasbas his brother’s son came. ¹⁹Tobias’ wedding feast was kept seven days with great gladness.

1: After these things Tobias also went his way, blessing God because he had prospered his journey; and he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife. Then he went on his way until they drew near to Nineveh.

2: Raphael said to Tobias, “Don’t you know, brother, how you left your father?

3: Let’s run forward before your wife, and prepare the house.

4: But take in your hand the bile of the fish.” So they went their way, and the dog went after them.

5: Anna sat looking around toward the path for her son.

6: She saw him coming, and said to his father, “Behold, your son is coming with the man that went with him!”

7: Raphael said, “I know, Tobias, that your father will open his eyes.

8: Therefore anoint his eyes with the bile, and being pricked with it, he will rub, and will make the white films fall away. Then he will see you.”

9: Anna ran to him, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said to him, “I have seen you, my child! I am ready to die.” They both wept.

10: Tobit went toward the door and stumbled; but his son ran to him,

11: and took hold of his father. He rubbed the bile on his father’s eyes, saying, “Cheer up, my father.”

12: When his eyes began to hurt, he rubbed them.

13: Then the white films peeled away from the corners of his eyes; and he saw his son, and fell upon his neck.

14: He wept, and said, “Blessed are you, O God, and blessed is your name forever! Blessed are all your holy angels!

15: For you scourged, and had mercy on me. 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.

16: Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing and blessing God. Those who saw him go marveled, because he had received his sight.

17: Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had shown mercy on him. When Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, saying, “Welcome, daughter! Blessed is God who has brought you to us, and blessed are your father and your mother.” And there was joy among all his kindred who were at Nineveh.

18: Achiacharus and Nasbas his brother’s son came.

19: Tobias’ wedding feast was kept seven days with great gladness.

Tobit Chapter 12

¹And Tobit called his son Tobias, and said to him, “See, my child, that the man which went with you have his wages, and you must give him more.” ²And he said to him, “Father, it is no harm to me to give him the half of those things which I have brought; ³for he has led me for you in safety, and he cured my wife, and brought my money, and likewise cured you.” ⁴The old man said, “It is due to him.” ⁵And he called the angel, and said to him, “Take half of all that you have brought.” ⁶Then he called them both privately, and said to them, “Bless God, and give him thanks, and magnify him, and give him thanks in the sight of all that live, for the things which he has done with you. It is good to bless God and exalt his name, showing forth with honor the works of God. Don’t be slack to give him thanks. ⁷It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you. ⁸Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold. ⁹Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life; ¹⁰but those who sin are enemies to their own life. ¹¹Surely I will conceal nothing from you. I have said, ‘It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’ ¹²And now, when you prayed, and Sarah your daughter-in-law, I brought the memorial of your prayer before the Holy One. When you buried the dead, I was with you likewise. ¹³And when you didn’t delay to rise up, and leave your dinner, that you might go and cover the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me. I was with you. ¹⁴And now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law. ¹⁵I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which present the prayers of the saints and go in before the glory of the Holy One.” ¹⁶And they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces; for they were afraid. ¹⁷And he said to them, “Don’t be afraid. You will all have peace; but bless God forever. ¹⁸For I came not of any favor of my own, but by the will of your God. Therefore bless him forever. ¹⁹All these days I appeared to you. I didn’t eat or drink, but you all saw a vision. ²⁰Now give God thanks, because I ascend to him who sent me. Write in a book all the things which have been done.” ²¹Then they rose up, and saw him no more. ²²They confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.

1: And Tobit called his son Tobias, and said to him, “See, my child, that the man which went with you have his wages, and you must give him more.”

2: And he said to him, “Father, it is no harm to me to give him the half of those things which I have brought;

3: for he has led me for you in safety, and he cured my wife, and brought my money, and likewise cured you.”

4: The old man said, “It is due to him.”

5: And he called the angel, and said to him, “Take half of all that you have brought.”

6: Then he called them both privately, and said to them, “Bless God, and give him thanks, and magnify him, and give him thanks in the sight of all that live, for the things which he has done with you. It is good to bless God and exalt his name, showing forth with honor the works of God. Don’t be slack to give him thanks.

7: It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you.

8: Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.

9: Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life;

10: but those who sin are enemies to their own life.

11: Surely I will conceal nothing from you. I have said, ‘It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’

12: And now, when you prayed, and Sarah your daughter-in-law, I brought the memorial of your prayer before the Holy One. When you buried the dead, I was with you likewise.

13: And when you didn’t delay to rise up, and leave your dinner, that you might go and cover the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me. I was with you.

14: And now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law.

15: I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which present the prayers of the saints and go in before the glory of the Holy One.”

16: And they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces; for they were afraid.

17: And he said to them, “Don’t be afraid. You will all have peace; but bless God forever.

18: For I came not of any favor of my own, but by the will of your God. Therefore bless him forever.

19: All these days I appeared to you. I didn’t eat or drink, but you all saw a vision.

20: Now give God thanks, because I ascend to him who sent me. Write in a book all the things which have been done.”

21: Then they rose up, and saw him no more.

22: They confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.

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