15 Arrival at Home of Raguel

Now when they entered Ecbatana, Tobias said to him,

"Brother Azariah, take me straight to our brother Raguel."

So he took him to Raguel's house, where they found him sitting beside the courtyard door.

They greeted him first, and he replied,

"Joyous greetings, brothers; welcome and good health!"

Then he brought them into his house. He said to his wife Edna,

"How much the young man resembles my kinsman Tobit!"

Then Edna questioned them, saying,

"Where are you from, brothers?"

They answered,

"We belong to the descendants of Naphtali who are exiles in Nineveh."

She said to them,

"Do you know our kinsman Tobit?"

And they replied,

"Yes, we know him."

Then she asked them,

"Is he in good health?"

They replied,

"He is alive and in good health."

And Tobias added,

"He is my father!"

At that Raguel jumped up and kissed him and wept. He also spoke to him as follows,

"Blessings on you, my child, son of a good and noble father! O most miserable of calamities that such an upright and beneficent man has become blind!"

He then embraced his kinsman Tobias and wept. His wife Edna also wept for him, and their daughter Sarah likewise wept.

Then Raguel slaughtered a ram from the flock and received them very warmly.