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- After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had giuen him a prosperous iourney, and blessed Raguel, and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew neere vnto Nineue.
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- Then Raphael said to Tobias, Thou knowest brother, how thou didst leaue thy father.
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- Let vs haste before thy wife, and prepare the house.
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- And take in thine hand the gall of the fish: so they went their way, and the dog went after them.
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- Now Anna sate looking about towards the way for her sonne.
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- And when she espied him comming, she said to his father, Behold, thy sonne commeth, and the man that went with him.
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- Then said Raphael, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes.
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- Therefore annoint thou his eies with the gall, and being pricked therewith he shall rub, and the whitenesse shall fall away, and he shall see thee.
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- Then Anna ran forth, and fell vpon the necke of her sonne, and said vnto him, seeing I haue seene thee my sonne, from henceforth, I am content to die, and they wept both.
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- Tobit also went forth toward the doore, and stumbled: but his sonne ran vnto him,
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- And tooke hold of his father, and he strake of the gall on his fathers eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
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- And when his eyes beganne to smart, he rubbed them.
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- And the whitenesse pilled away from the corners of his eyes, and when he saw his sonne, he fell vpon his necke.
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- And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy Name for euer, and blessed are all thine holy Angels:
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- For thou hast scourged, and hast taken pitie on me: for behold, I see my sonne Tobias.
And his sonne went in reioycing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
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- Then Tobit went out to meete his daughter in law at the gate of Niniue, reioycing and praysing God: and they which saw him goe, marueiled because he had receiued his sight.
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- But Tobit gaue thankes before them: because God had mercy on him.
And when hee came neere to Sara his daughter in Law, hee blessed her, saying, Thou art welcome daughter: God be blessed which hath brought thee vnto vs, and blessed be thy father and thy mother; And there was ioy amongst all his brethren which were at Nineue.
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- And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brothers sonne came.
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- And Tobias wedding was kept seuen dayes with great ioy.
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