CHAPTER 8 Raphael Binds the Devil 1 And after they had supped, they brought in the young man to her. 2 And Tobias remembering the angel's word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals. 3 Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 7 Raguel, Sara's Father, Receives Tobias and the Angel 1 And they went in to Raguel, and Raguel received them with joy. 2 And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife: How like is this young man to my cousin? 3 And when he had spoken these words, he said: Whence are … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 6 Young Tobias the Son Catches a Fish 1 And Tobias went forward, and the dog followed him, and he lodged the first night by the river of Tigris. 2 And he went out to wash his feet, and behold a monstrous fish came up to devour him. 3 And Tobias being afraid of … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 5 Young Tobias asks his Father's advice 1 Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me. 2 But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth me not, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 4 Tobit (Tobias the Father) counsels Tobias his son 1 Therefore when Tobias thought that his prayer was heard that he might die, he called to him Tobias his son, 2 And said to him: Hear, my son, the words of my mouth, and lay them as a foundation in thy heart. 3 When … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 3 Tobit (Tobias the Father) Prays for Death 1 Then Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears, 2 Saying: Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment: 3 And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

CHAPTER 2 Tobit (Tobias the Father) Leaves a Feast to Bury the Dead 1 But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias's house, 2 He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us. 3 … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS   CHAPTER 1 The Piety of Tobit (Tobias the Father) 1 Tobias of the tribe and city of Nephtali, (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way that leadeth to the west, having on the right hand the city of Sephet,) 2 When he … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIT OR TOBIAS

THE BOOK OF TOBIAS OR TOBIT The Book of Tobias, as it is called in the Latin Vulgate, is also known in the Greek Septuagint as the Book of Tobit, and serves as part of the Historical Books in the Latin Vulgate and Greek Septuagint Bible. Both the Hebrew origin of the book and the name Tobiah - טוֹבִיָּה which means "Yahweh is … Continue reading THE BOOK OF TOBIAS OR TOBIT