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Now his father Tobit was counting each day, and when the days for the journey had expired and they did not arrive,
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he said, "Is it possible that he has been detained? Or is it possible that Gabael has died and there is no one to give him the money?"
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And he was greatly distressed.
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And his wife said to him, "The lad has perished; his long delay proves it." Then she began to mourn for him, and said,
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"Am I not distressed, my child, that I let you go, you who are the light of my eyes?"
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But Tobit said to her, "Be still and stop worrying; he is well."
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And she answered him, "Be still and stop deceiving me; my child has perished." And she went out every day to the road by which they had left; she ate nothing in the daytime, and throughout the nights she never stopped mourning for her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast had expired which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. At that time Tobias said to Raguel, "Send me back, for my father and mother have given up hope of ever seeing me again."
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But his father-in-law said to him, "Stay with me, and I will send messengers to your father, and they will inform him how things are with you."