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Then Tobias said to his father Tobit, "I will do everything you have commanded me, Father.
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But how am I going to get it from Gabael, since he doesn't know me and I don't know him? What proof can I give him so that he will recognize and trust me and give me the money? Moreover, I don't know the roads to take to get to Media."
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Then Tobit said to his son Tobias, "He gave me a signed receipt, and I gave him a handwritten document as well. I divided them in two, and we each took one part, and I deposited one with the money. And now it is twenty years since I deposited this money. So then go find a reliable man who will go with you, and we will pay him for his time until you return. Then you can retrieve this money from Gabael."
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Then Tobias went out to look for a man who knew the way to Media and would go with him. He went out and found the angel Raphael standing near him, but he didn't know that he was an angel from God.
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Tobias said to him, "Where are you from, young man?" He said to Tobias, "I am one of the Israelites, your relatives. I have come here to find work." Tobias said to him, "Do you know the way to Media?"