Tobit 10

1 NOW Tobit his father ¹counted every day: and when the days of the journey were expired, and they came not,

2 Then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money?

3 Therefore he was very sorry.

4 Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to bewail him, and said,

5 Now, ²I care for nothing, my son, since I have let thee go, the light of mine eyes.

6 To whom Tobit said, Hold thy peace, ³take no care, for he is safe.

7 But she said, Hold thy peace, and deceive me not; my son is dead. And she went out every day into the way which they went, and did eat no meat on the day-time, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son Tobias, until ⁴the fourteen days of the wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, ⁵Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.

8 But his father-in-law said unto him, Tarry with me, and I will send to thy father, and they shall declare unto him how things go with thee.

9 But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father.

10 Then Raguel arose, and gave him Sara his wife, and half his goods, servants, and cattle, and money:

11 And ⁶he blessed them, and ⁷sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.

12 And he said to his daughter, ⁸Honour thy father and thy mother-in-law, which are now thy parents, that I may hear good report of thee. And he kissed her. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children ⁹of my daughter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice before the Lord: behold, I commit my daughter unto thee ^*of special trust: wherefore do not entreat her evil.