Tobit 11:17
Good News Translation
Tobit praised God and told everyone how God in his mercy had restored his sight. When Tobit met Sarah, he greeted her, "Welcome, daughter! Praise God for bringing you to us, my daughter. May God bless your father, as well as you and my son Tobias. Welcome to your new home. May you always be blessed with good health and happiness. Come in, daughter!" It was a day of great joy for all the Jews of Nineveh.

New Revised Standard Version
Before them all, Tobit acknowledged that God had been merciful to him and had restored his sight. When Tobit met Sarah the wife of his son Tobias, he blessed her saying, “Come in, my daughter, and welcome. Blessed be your God who has brought you to us, my daughter. Blessed be your father and your mother, blessed be my son Tobias, and blessed be you, my daughter. Come in now to your home, and welcome, with blessing and joy. Come in, my daughter.” So on that day there was rejoicing among all the Jews who were in Nineveh.

Contemporary English Version
So I told everyone that God had been merciful and had healed my eyes. And when I saw Sarah, I gave her my blessing and said, "My daughter, we welcome you into our family! I praise God for bringing you to us, and I ask him to bless your parents and my son and you. Our home is your home, and I pray God will bless you with health and happiness in this place. Welcome!" On that same day, every Jew in Nineveh joined in the celebration,

New American Bible
Weeping, he exclaimed, “I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!” Then he prayed, “Blessed be God, blessed be his great name, and blessed be all his holy angels. May his great name be with us, and blessed be all the angels throughout all the ages.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me and behold I see Tobias my son.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me and behold I see Tobias my son.

Tobit 11:15
And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from his eyes, and recovered his sight.

Tobit 11:16
And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that knew him.

Tobit 11:18
And after seven days Sara his son's wife and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of money of his wife's: and that money also which he had received of Gabelus,

Tobit 11:19
And he told his parents all the benefits of God, which he had done to him by the man that conducted him.

Context
Tobit 11
16And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that knew him. 17And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me and behold I see Tobias my son. 18And after seven days Sara his son's wife and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of money of his wife's: and that money also which he had received of Gabelus,…
Cross References
Tobit 11:15
And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from his eyes, and recovered his sight.

Tobit 11:16
And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that knew him.

Tobit 11:18
And after seven days Sara his son's wife and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of money of his wife's: and that money also which he had received of Gabelus,

Tobit 11:19
And he told his parents all the benefits of God, which he had done to him by the man that conducted him.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 11:16
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