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After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that He had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto Nineveh.
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Then Raphael said to Tobias, "Thou knowest, brother, how thou didst leave thy father.
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Let us hasten 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 sat looking about toward the way for her son.
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And when she espied him coming, she said to his father, "Behold, thy son cometh, and the man who 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 anoint thou his eyes with the gall; and, being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away and he shall see thee."
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Then Anna ran forth and fell upon the neck of her son, and said unto him, "Seeing I have seen thee, my son, from henceforth I am content to die." And they wept both.
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Tobit also went forth toward the door, and stumbled. But his son ran unto him,
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and took hold of his father; and he stroked the gall on his father's eyes, saying, "Be of good hope, my father."