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Let us run ahead of your wife and prepare the house.
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And take the gall of the fish with you." So they went their way, and the dog went along behind them.
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Now Anna sat looking intently down the road for her son.
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And she caught sight of him coming, and said to his father, "Behold, your son is coming, and so is the man who went with him!"
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Raphael said, "I know, Tobias, that your father will open his eyes.
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You therefore must anoint his eyes with the gall; and when they smart he will rub them, and will cause the white films to fall away, and he will see you."
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Then Anna ran to meet them, and embraced her son, and said to him, "I have seen you, my child; now I am ready to die." And they both wept.
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Tobit started toward the door, and stumbled. But his son ran to him
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and took hold of his father, and he sprinkled the gall upon his father's eyes, saying, "Be of good cheer, father."
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And when his eyes began to smart he rubbed them,
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and the white films scaled off from the corners of his eyes.