ich. 3.8 (& mg. for mg.) & 8.3 (& mg. for mg.). * See ch. 3. 10. ch. 4. 12. 4 ch. 8. 3. " See ch. 3. 7. 30.4. ? ch. 1. 3, 4. bride-chamber. 14 And now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me: for a 1 devil loveth her, which hurteth no man, but those which come unto her: and now I fear lest I die, and kbring my father's and my mother's life to the grave with sorrow because of me: and they have no other son to bury them. 15 But the angel said unto him, Dost thou not remember the words which thy father commanded thee, 'that thou shouldest take a wife of thine own kindred? and now hear me, brother; for she shall be thy wife; and make thou no reckoning of the devil; for this night shall she be given thee to wife. 16 And when thou shalt come into the bride-chamber, thou shalt take the ashes of incense, and shalt lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, band shalt make a smoke therewith: 17 and the devil m shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more. But when thou goest nigh unto her, rise up both of you, and cry to God which is merciful, and he shall save you, and have mercy on you. Fear not, for she was prepared for thee from the beginning; and thou shalt save her, and she shall go with thee. And I suppose that thou shalt have children of her. And when Tobias heard these things, he loved her, and his soul clave to her exceedingly. And they came to n n Ecbatana, and arrived at the house of " Raguel. But Sarah met them; and she saluted them, and they her; and she brought them into the house. And he Cp. Ecclus. said to Edna his wife, How like is the young man to Tobit my cousin. 3 And Raguel asked them, From whence are ye, brethren? And they said unto him, We are of Pthe sons of Naphtali, which are captives in Nineveh. 4 And he said unto them, Know ye Tobit our brother? But they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he in good health? 5 But they said, He is both alive, and in good health: and Tobias said, He is my father. And "Raguel sprang up, and kissed him, and wept, 7 and blessed him, and said unto him, "Thou art the son of an honest and good man. And 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. And they received them gladly; and they killed a ram of the flock, and set store of meat before them. ? Cp. Gen. 43. 27, 28. * Cp. ch. 5. 13. 'See ch. 3. 17. But Tobias said to Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which thou didst talk in the way, and let the matter be finished. 9 And he communicated the thing to "Raguel: and Raguel 1 Gr. demon, and so in ver. 15, 17. " Cp. Gen. 24. 33. said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry: 10t for it appertaineth unto thee ch. 6. 11. to take my child. Howbeit I will shew thee the truth. 11 I have given my child to seven men, and whensoever they came in unto her, they died in the night. But for the present be merry. And Tobias said, "I will taste nothing here, until ye make covenant and enter into covenant with me. 12 And Raguel said, Take her to thyself from henceforth according to the manner: thou art her brother, and she is thine: but the merciful God shall 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 to Tobias, and said, Behold, take her to thyself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them; 14 and he called Edna his wife, and took a book, and wrote an instrument, and sealed it. 15 And they began to eat. 16 And Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare the other chamber, and bring her in thither. 17 And she did as he bade her, and brought her in thither: and she wept, and she received the tears of her daugh ter, and said unto her, 18 Be of good comfort, my child; the Lord of heaven and earth give thee favour for this thy sorrow: be of good comfort, my daughter. 8 s 4 And when they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in unto her. But as he went, he remembered the words of y Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish thereupon, and made a smoke therewith. 3 But when the devil smelled the smell, he fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel abound him. 4 But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that the Lord may have mercy on us. 5 And Tobias began to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless thee, and all thy creatures. 6c Thou madest Adam, dand gavest him Eve his wife for a helper and a stay: of them came the seed of men: thou didst say, It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make him a helper like unto 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 And she said with him, Amen. 9 And they slept both that night. "Cp. Num. 36. 6. And Raguel arose, and went and See ch. 3. digged a grave, to saying, Lest he also should die. And Raguel came into his house, 12 and said to Edna his wife, 17. Send one of the maidservants, and let them see whether he be alive: but if 9 See ch. 1. not, that we may bury him, and no man know it. 13 So the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and found them both sleeping, 14 and came forth, and told them that he was alive. 15 And Raguel blessed God, saying, i Ps. 103. 20 & 148. 2. Blessed art thou, O God, with all h Ps. 145. 10. pure and holy blessing; and let thy saints bless thee, and all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine elect bless thee for ever. 16 Blessed art thou, because thou hast made me glad; and it hath not befallen me as I suspected; but thou hast dealt with us according to thy great mercy. 17 Blessed art thou, because thou hast had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents: shew them mercy, O Lord; accomplish their life in health with gladness and mercy. J See 2 Esd. 9. 47. 19. 7 ch. 10. 10. m Num. 27. 8. 18 But he commanded his servants to fill the grave. 19 And he kept the : Cp. ch. 11. wedding feast for them fourteen days. 20 And before the days of the wedding feast were finished, Raguel sware unto him, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the wedding feast were fulfilled; ax and that then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and the rest, said he, mwhen I and my wife shall die. " See ch. 3. 17. • See ch. 1. 14. P Cp. ch. 1. 14. 9 ch. 10. 1. r ch. 5. 3. $ ch. 9. 4. t Cp. Prov. 15. 30 & Baruch 3. 14. And Tobias called " Raphael, and out every day into the way by which they went, and did eat no bread in the day-time, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son Tobias, until u the fourteen days of the wedding feast were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. But Tobias said unto Raguel, Send me away, for my father and my mother look no more to see me. 8 But his father in law said unto him, Abide with me, and I will send to thy father, and they shall declare unto him how things go with thee. 9 And Tobias saith, No; but send me away to my father. 10 But 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, w The God of heaven shall prosper you, my children, before I die. 12 And he said to his daughter, Honour thy father and thy mother in law; they are now thy parents; let me hear a good report of thee. And he kissed her. And Edna said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, dear brother, and grant to me that I may see thy children of my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord: and, behold, I commit my daughter unto thee in special trust: vex her not. After these things Tobias also II went his way, blessing God because he had prospered his journey; and 9 said unto him, a Brother Azarias, he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife. take with thee a servant, and two camels, and go to Rages of Media to Gabael, and receive Pthe money for me, and bring him to the wedding feast: 3 because Raguel hath sworn that I shall not depart; 4 and my father acounteth the days; and if I tarry long, he will be sorely grieved. 5 And n Raphael went on his way, and lodged with Gabael, and gave him the handwriting: but he brought forth the bags with their seals, and gave them to him. 6 And they rose up early in the morning together, and came to the wedding feast: and Tobias blessed his wife. And Tobit his father made IO s his count every day: and when the days of the journey were expired, and they came not, he said, 1 Is he perchance detained? or is Gabael perchance dead, and there is no man to give him the money? 3 And he was sorely grieved. 4 But his wife said unto him, The child hath perished, seeing he tarrieth long; and she began to bewail him, and said, 52I care for nothing, my child, since I have let thee go, the light of mine eyes. 6 And Tobit saith unto her, Hold thy peace, take no care; he is in good health. 7 And she said unto him, Hold thy peace, deceive me not; my child hath perished. And she went u ch. 8. 20. ch. 8. 21. " See Ju dith 5. 8. 17. ch. 6, 8. ch. 5. 16. And he went on his way till they drew near unto Nineveh. 2 And Raphael See ch. 3. said to Tobias, Knowest thou not, brother, how thou didst leave thy father? 3 Let us run forward before thy wife, and prepare the house. 4 But take in thy hand the gall of the fish. And they went their way, and the dog went after them. 5 And Anna sat looking about toward the way for her son. 6 And she espied him coming, and said to his father, Behold, thy son cometh, and the man that went with him. 7 And Raphael said, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes. 8 Do thou therefore anoint his eyes with y the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and shall make the white films to fall away, and he shall see thee. 46. 29 & Luke 15. 20. b Cp. Gen. 46. 30. 9 And Anna ran unto him, and a fell Cp. Gen. 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. 10 And Tobit went forth toward the door, and stumbled: but his son ran unto him, 11 and took hold of his father: and he strake the gall on his father's eyes, saying, Be of good cheer, my father. 12 But when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them; 13 and the ch. 3. 17. white films scaled away from the corners of his eyes; and he saw his son, and fell 1 Many ancient authorities read Are they perchance put to shame! Cp. Acts 9. 18. upon his neck. 14 And he wept, and said, a Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever, and blessed are all thy holy angels; 15 e 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. 16 And Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing, and blessing Gód: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight. 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. 18 And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother's son, came: 19 and Tobias' wedding feast was kept h seven days with great gladness. And Tobit called his son To12 bias, and said unto him, See, my child, that the man which went with thee have his wages, and thou must give him more. And he said unto him, Father, it is no harm to me to give him the half of those things which I have brought: 3 for he hath led me for thee in safety, and he cured my wife, and brought my money, and likewise cured thee. 4 And the old man said, It is due unto him. 5 And he called the angel, and said unto him, Take the half of all that ye have brought. 6 Then he called them both privily, and said unto 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 hath done with you. It is good to bless God and exalt his name, shewing forth with honour the works of God; and be not slack to give him thanks. 7'It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. m Do good, and evil shall not find you. 8n Good is prayer with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. is better to give alms than to lay up gold: 94 alms doth deliver from death, and it shall purge away all sin. They that do alms and righteousness shall be filled with life; 10 but they that sin are enemies to their own life. Surely 1 will keep close nothing from you. I have said, It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. 12 And now, when thou didst pray, and " Sarah thy daughter in law, I did bring the memorial of your It w See ch. 1. 17. ch. 2. 3, 4. Cp. ch. 14. 10, 11 prayer before the Holy One: and w when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise. 13≈ And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, that thou mightest go y and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I was with thee. 14 And now God did send me to heal thee and Sarah thy daughter in law. 15I am Raphael, See ch. 3. one of the a seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and go in before the glory of the Holy One. 17. a See Rev. 8.2-4. b Josh. 5. 14. See Judg. 13. 20. 16 And they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces; for they were afraid. 17 And he said unto them, Be not afraid, ye shall have peace; but bless God for ever. 18 For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of your God I came; wherefore bless him for ever. 19 All these days did I appear unto you; and I did neither eat nor drink, but ye saw a vision. 20 And now give God thanks: because I ascend to him that Cp. John sent me: and write in a book all the things which have been done. 21 And they rose up, and saw him no more. 22 And they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them. 1 And Tobit wrote a prayer for 3 rejoicing, and said, Blessed is God that liveth for 16. 5. 2 d For he scourgeth, and sheweth & ch. 11. 15. Deut. 32. 39. See 1 Sam. 2.6. e For he hath scattered us among Cp. ch. 1. them. 4 There declare his greatness, And extol him before all the living: And God is our Father for ever. 5 d And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will again shew mercy, 2. 30.3. And will gather us out of all the See Deut. 6 If ye turn to him with your whole 1 Gr. Hades. And bless the Lord of righteousness, And shew his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners. # Cp. 1 Tim, 1. 17. h Cp. 2 Sam. 12. 22 & Amos 5. 15 & Jonah 3. 9. i See 1 Esd. 4. 46. j John 4. 20, k Dan. 9, 24. See Neh. 11. 1. / ver. 13. m Ps. 86. 9. Micah 4. 2. Zech. 8. 22. " Ps. 72. 10, 11 & 96. 7, 8. See Isai. 60. 6-10. • Gen. 12. 3 & 27. 29. Num. 24. 9. P Ps. 122. 6. I ver. 9. " Cp. Isai. 66. 10. 8 Ps. 48. 2. Matt. 5. 35. And sing songs of rejoicing. 13 Rejoice and be exceeding glad for 14 Opblessed are they that love thee; They shall rejoice for thy peace: rBlessed are all they that sorrowed for all thy scourges: Because they shall rejoice for thee, When they have seen all thy glory; And they shall be made glad for ever. Let my soul bless God the great King. 15 For Jerusalem shall be builded with sapphires and emeralds and precious stones; Thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold. 17 And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of u Ophir. 18 v And all her streets shall say, Hallelujah, and give praise, Saying, Blessed is God, which hath exalted thee for ever. And Tobit made an end of 14 giving thanks. And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight; and after eight years he received it again; and he gave alms, and he feared the Lord God more and more, and gave thanks unto him. 3 Now he grew very old; and he called his son, and the six sons of his son, and said unto him, * Cp. ch. 1. 14. 4. 25. 9-11. My child, take thy sons: behold, I am grown old, and am ready to depart out of this life. 4w Go into Media, my child, for I surely believe all the things which Jonah the prophet spake of Nineveh, Jonah 3. that it shall be overthrown, but in Media there shall rather be peace for a season; and y that our brethren shall be scattered Cp. 2 Kin. in the earth from the good land; and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned up, and shall be desolate for a time; 5 and God shall again have mercy on thera, and bring them back into the land, and they shall build the house, but anot like to the former house, until the times of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from the places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem with honour, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, even as the prophets spake concerning it. 6And call the nations shall turn to fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols. 7 And all the nations shall bless the Lord, and his people shall give thanks unto God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all they that love the Lord God in truth and righteousness shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren. 8 And now, my child, depart from Nineveh, because those things which the prophet Jonah spake shall surely come to pass. 9 But keep thou the law and the ordinances, and shew thyself merciful and righteous, that it may be well with thee. 10 And bury me decently, and thy mother with ƒ Cp. ch. 12. me; and dwell ye no longer at Nineveh. See, my child, what Aman did to g Achiacharus that nourished him, how hout of See ch. 1. light he brought him into darkness, and h Job 18. 18. all the recompense that he made him: Cp. Ps. 112. and Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his recompense, and he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snare of death which he set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished. 11 And_now, my children, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. e See Deut. 4. 40. 13 & Ecclus. 38. 16. 21. 4. * Cp. ch. 4. 10 & 12. 9. And while he was saying these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed; but he was a hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him magnificently. Cp. ver. 10, 12 And when Anna died, jhe buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and his sons to k Ecbatana See ch. 3. unto Raguel his father in law, 13 and he grew old in honour, and he buried his father and mother in law magnificently, and he inherited their substance, and his father Tobit's. 14 And he died at JUDITH. 14. 15. Jonah 1. 2 & 4. 11. * ver. 13, 15. d ch. 16. 10. * See Tobit 3. 7. ch. 5. 2, 22 & 7.8. ch. 5. 2, 5 & 6, 5 Cp. Zech. 9. 10. • ver. 1. IN the twelfth year of the reign | Syria, that he would slay with his sword Cp. Tobit of Nebuchadnezzar, a who reigned all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, & 6. 1 over the Assyrians in Nineveh, the and the children of a Ammon, and all Judæa, and all that were in Egypt, until thou comest to the borders of the two seas. 13 And he set the battle in array with his host against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year; and he prevailed in his battle, and turned to flight all the host of Arphaxad, and all his horse, and all his chariots; 14 and he became master of his cities, and he came even unto d Ecbatana, and took the towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty thereof into shame. 15 And he took cArphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and smote him through with his darts, and destroyed him utterly, unto this day. 16 And he returned with them to Nineveh, he and all his com- ch. 2. 20. pany of sundry nations, an exceeding great multitude of men of war, and there he took his ease and banqueted, he and his host, a hundred and twenty days. f ver. 15. 9 See Tobit & 1 Macc. i ch. 16. 10. See ch. 2. 21. 19. 26. "ch. 15. 5. ch. 15. 5. Isai. 9. 1. P ch. 3. 9 & 4.6 & 7.3. great city; in the days of Arphaxad, 7 And Nebuchadnezzar king of the 9 ch. 4. 4. 7 ch. 2. 23. 13. 26. * See Josh. 15. 4. "Jer. 43. 7(?). "See Gen. 47. 11. w See Gen. 45. 10. *Isai. 19. 13 (mg.). y ch. 11. 2, 22. 12 And Nebuchadnezzar was exceeding wroth with all this land, and he sware by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all the coasts of J Cilicia and Damascus and And in the eighteenth year, the 2 two and twentieth day of the first a ver. 1. See Tobit 3. 7. Cp. Hos. 4. 7. ver. 5. 20.7 & 25. 17. month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, that he should be avenged on all the land, even as he spake. And he ch. 1. 12. called together all his servants, and all his great men, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded Cp. 1 Sam. the afflicting of all the land out of his own mouth. 3 And they decreed to destroy all flesh which followed not the 3 ch. 1. 11. word of his mouth. 4 And it came to pass, when he had ended his counsel, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his host, which was next after himself, and said unto him, *2 Chr. 28. 7. ch. 3. 2. 2 Kin. 18. 28. Isai. 36. 13. m Cp. ch. 6. 4 & 11. 1, 7 & Ezra 1. 2 & Rest of Esth. 13. 2. 13. 5 Thus saith the great king, m the lord of all the earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their strength, unto na hundred and twenty thousand footmen; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand: 6 and thou 1 Macc. 15. shalt go forth against all the west country, because they disobeyed the commandment of my mouth. 7 And thou shalt declare unto them, that they prepare earth and water; because I will go forth in my wrath against them, and o will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of my host, and I will give them for a spoil unto them: 8pand their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks, PCP. Ezek. and the river shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow: 9 and I will lead |