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Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,
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And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
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Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.
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For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,
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But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
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For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
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Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
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But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
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For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
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Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
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Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home: