6
But Tobit said to her, "Be still and stop worrying; he is well."
7
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."
8
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."
9
Tobias replied, "No, send me back to my father."
10
So Raguel arose and gave him his wife Sarah and half of his property in slaves, cattle, and money.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.