5:16 So they were well pleased. Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself
for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had
prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this
man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the
angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young
man’s dog with them.
5:17 But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou sent
away our son? is he not the staff of our hand, in going in and out
before us?
5:18 Be not greedy to add money to money: but let it be as refuse in
respect of our child.
5:19 For that which the Lord hath given us to live with doth suffice
us.
5:20 Then said Tobit to her, Take no care, my sister; he shall return
in safety, and thine eyes shall see him.
5:21 For the good angel will keep him company, and his journey shall be
prosperous, and he shall return safe.
5:22 Then she made an end of weeping.
6:1 And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the
river Tigris, and they lodged there.
6:2 And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out
of the river, and would have devoured him.
6:3 Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid
hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
6:4 To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the
liver and the gall, and put them up safely.
6:5 So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had
roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way,
till they drew near to Ecbatane.
6:6 Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use
is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?
6:7 And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil
or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the
man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.
6:8 As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in
his eyes, and he shall be healed.
6:9 And when they were come near to Rages,
6:10 The angel said to the young man, Brother, to day we shall lodge
with Raguel, who is thy cousin; he also hath one only daughter, named
Sara; I will speak for her, that she may be given thee for a wife.
6:11 For to thee doth the right of her appertain, seeing thou only art
of her kindred.
6:12 And the maid is fair and wise: now therefore hear me, and I will
speak to her father; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate
the marriage: for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another
according to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because
the right of inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any
other.
6:13 Then the young man answered the angel, I have heard, brother
Azarias that this maid hath been given to seven men, who all died in
the marriage chamber.
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