Tobit · Revised Version with Apocrypha
Tobit 11 Revised Version with Apocrypha
Tobit is not in RV1909.
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. And he went on his way till they drew near unto Nineveh.
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2 And Raphael said to Tobias, Knowest thou not, brother, how thou didst leave thy father?
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3 Let us run forward before thy wife, and prepare the house.
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4 But take in thy hand the gall of the fish. And they went their way, and the dog went after them.
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5 And Anna sat looking about toward the way for her son.
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6 And she espied him coming, and said to his father, Behold, thy son cometh, and the man that went with him.
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7 And Raphael said, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes.
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8 Do thou therefore anoint his eyes with the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and shall make the white films to fall away, and he shall see thee.
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9 And Anna ran unto him, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said unto him, I have seen thee, my child; from henceforth I will die. And they wept both.
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10 And Tobit went forth toward the door, and stumbled: but his son ran unto him,
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11 and took hold of his father: and he strake the gall on his father’s eyes, saying, Be of good cheer, my father.
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12 But when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them;
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13 and the white films scaled away from the corners of his eyes; and he saw his son, and fell upon his neck.
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14 And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever, and blessed are all thy holy angels;
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15 for thou didst scourge, and didst have 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.
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16 And Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing, and blessing God: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight.
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17 And Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had shewed mercy on him. And when Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, Welcome, daughter: blessed is God which hath brought thee unto us, and [blessed are ] thy father and thy mother. And there was joy to all his brethren which were at Nineveh.
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18 And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother’s son, came:
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19 and Tobias’ wedding feast was kept seven days with great gladness.
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