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Now as they proceeded on their way they came at evening to the Tigris river and camped there.
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Then the young man went down to wash himself. A fish leaped up from the river and would have swallowed the young man;
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and the angel said to him, "Catch the fish." So the young man seized the fish and threw it up on the land.
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Then the angel said to him, "Cut open the fish and take the heart and liver and gall and put them away safely."
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So the young man did as the angel told him; and they roasted and ate the fish. And they both continued on their way until they came near to Ecbatana.
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Then the young man said to the angel, "Brother Azarias, of what use is the liver and heart and gall of the fish?"
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He replied, "As for the heart and liver, if a demon or evil spirit gives trouble to any one, you make a smoke from these before the man or woman, and that person will never be troubled again.
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And as for the gall, anoint with it a man who has white films in his eyes, and he will be cured."
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When they approached Ecbatana,
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the angel said to the young man, "Brother, today we shall stay with Raguel. He is your relative, and he has an only daughter named Sarah. I will suggest that she be given to you in marriage,