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The young man answered, "Why do you need to know about my tribe?" Tobit replied, "I would like to know in all honesty, brother, who your father is and what your name is."
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So Tobias went out, called Raphael, and said to him, "Young man, my father is calling for you." Raphael went in, and Tobit was the first to greet him. Raphael said, "May joy be yours!" Tobit responded, "What joy can there still be for me? My eyes are useless, and I can't see the light of heaven. Instead, I lie in darkness just like the dead who no longer see the light. I live among the dead, hearing the sound of human beings without seeing them." Raphael said to him, "Take heart! The time is near when God will heal you. Take heart!" Then Tobit said to him, "My son Tobias wants to go to Media. Brother, can you accompany and guide him? I will pay your wages." Raphael said to him, "I'm able to go with him, for I know all the roads and have often traveled to Media and have passed through all its plains. So I'm familiar with its mountains and all its roads."
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Tobit said to him, "Brother, which family and which tribe do you come from? Tell me, brother!"
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The young man answered, "Why do you need to know about my tribe?" Tobit replied, "I would like to know in all honesty, brother, who your father is and what your name is."
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Then he answered, "I'm Azariah, the great Hananiah's son, one of your relatives."
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Tobit said to him, "May you come in health and safety, brother! Don't be offended, brother, that I wanted to know the truth about your family. But you happen to be a relative, and you are from a good and honorable heritage. I knew Hananiah and Nathan, the two sons of the great Shemeliah. They used to go with me to Jerusalem. They used to worship with me there and weren't led astray. Your relatives are good men; you are of good stock, and may you feel welcome for coming here!"