Tobit 5:18
Good News Translation
Then his mother began to cry. "How could you send my son away like this?" she complained. "He's our only means of support. Who will take care of us now?

New Revised Standard Version
But his mother began to weep, and said to Tobit, “Why is it that you have sent my child away? Is he not the staff of our hand as he goes in and out before us?

Contemporary English Version
But his mother started crying and said to me, "Tobit, why are you sending my son away like this? He is the only person we can depend on, and he is always here to help us.

New American Bible
But his mother began to weep and she said to Tobit: “Why have you sent my child away? Is he not the staff of our hands, as he goes in and out before us?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias.

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But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias.

Tobit 5:16
And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me, of what family, or what tribe art thou?

Tobit 5:17
And Raphael the angel answered: Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired servant himself to go with thy son?

Tobit 5:19
And Tobias answered: Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I desired to know thy family.

Tobit 5:20
And the angel said to him: I will lead thy son safe, and bring him to thee again safe.

Context
Tobit 5
17And Raphael the angel answered: Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired servant himself to go with thy son? 18But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias. 19And Tobias answered: Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I desired to know thy family.…
Cross References
Tobit 5:16
And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me, of what family, or what tribe art thou?

Tobit 5:17
And Raphael the angel answered: Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired servant himself to go with thy son?

Tobit 5:19
And Tobias answered: Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I desired to know thy family.

Tobit 5:20
And the angel said to him: I will lead thy son safe, and bring him to thee again safe.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 5:17
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