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And the words of Tobias were ended. And after Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw the children of his grandchildren.
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And after he had lived a hundred and two years, he was buried honourably in Ninive.
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For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again.
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And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace.
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And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them:
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The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it.
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And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.
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And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.
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And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.
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Hearken therefore, my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:
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And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.