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And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
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And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
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Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
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To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.
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So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatane.
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Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?
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And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.
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As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.
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And when they were come near to Rages,
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The angel said to the young man, Brother, to day we shall lodge with Raguel, who is thy cousin; he also hath one only daughter, named Sara; I will speak for her, that she may be given thee for a wife.
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For to thee doth the right of her appertain, seeing thou only art of her kindred.