Tobit 5:2
Good News Translation
But how can I get the money back from Gabael? We have never even met each other. How can I prove to him who I am, so that he will trust me and give me the money? Besides that, I don't know how to get to Media."

New Revised Standard Version
but how can I obtain the money from him, since he does not know me and I do not know him? What evidence am I to give him so that he will recognize and trust me, and give me the money? Also, I do not know the roads to Media, or how to get there.”

Contemporary English Version
But how can I possibly get the money? I don't know Gabael, and he doesn't know me! What can I do to prove I am your son, so he will let me have the money? And I don't even know the way to Media."

New American Bible
But how will I be able to get that money from him, since he does not know me, and I do not know him? What sign can I give him so that he will recognize and trust me, and give me the money? I do not even know the roads to Media, in order to go there.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth not me, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth not me, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither.

Tobit 4:23
Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.

Tobit 5:1
Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me.

Tobit 5:3
Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt shew him, he will presently pay it.

Tobit 5:4
But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while I yet live.

Context
Tobit 5
1Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me. 2But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth not me, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither. 3Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt shew him, he will presently pay it.…
Cross References
Tobit 4:23
Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.

Tobit 5:1
Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me.

Tobit 5:3
Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt shew him, he will presently pay it.

Tobit 5:4
But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while I yet live.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 5:1
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