The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Tobit 10
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-inlaw.
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.