3
Edna asked them, "Where do you come from?" "We are Israelites of the tribe of Naphtali," Tobias and Raphael answered, "but we are now living in exile in the city of Nineveh in Assyria."
4
Edna said, "Do you know our cousin Tobit?" "We certainly do know him," they answered. "How is he?" she asked.
5
"He is alive and well," they replied. Then Tobias added, "Tobit is my father."
6
At that Raguel got up, and with tears of joy in his eyes he kissed Tobias.
7
Then he said, "God bless you, my child. Your father is a good and noble man. What a terrible tragedy that such an honest and generous man should have lost his sight!" He threw his arms around Tobias' neck and wept on his shoulder.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.