 chapters 1 through 5 of the book of Tobit from the World English Bible. This is a LibriVox recording. All the LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information on a volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Chapter 1. The book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Anel, the son of Adul, the son of Gabel, of the seed of Aziel, of the tribe of Napdeli, who, in the days of MNSR, king of the Assyrians, was carried away captive out of Thizbe, which is on the right hand of Kiddish Napdeli, in Gadile above Asher. I, Tobit, walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I did many alms deeds to my kindred and my nation, who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh. When I was in my own country and the land of Israel, while I was yet young, all the tribe of Napdeli, my father, fell away from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel that all the tribes should sacrifice there, and the temple of habitation of the Most High was hallowed and built therein for all ages. All the tribes which fell away together sacrificed to the Heifer Baal, and so did the house of Napdeli, my father. I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it has been ordained to all Israel by an everlasting decree, having the first fruits and the tenths of my increase, and that which was shorn, and I gave them at the altar to the priests, the sons of Aaron. I gave a tenth part of all my increase to the sons of Levi, who ministered at Jerusalem. A second tenth part I sold away and went, and spent it each year at Jerusalem. A third tenth I gave to them, to whom it was appropriate, as Deborah, my father's mother, had commanded me, because I was left an orphan by my father. When I became a man, I took as wife Anna of the seed of our own family. With her I became the father of Tobias. When I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my kindreds and my relatives ate of the bread of the Gentiles, but I kept myself from eating, because I remembered God with all my soul. So the Most High gave me grace and favor in the sight of MNSR, and I was his purchasing agent. And I went into Midia, and left ten talons of silver in trust with Gabriel, the brother of Gabriel at Rages of Media. And when MNSR was dead, Sinanakarib, his son, reigned in his place. In his time, the highways were troubled, and I could no longer go into Medea. In the days of MNSR, I did many almsdeeds to my kindred. I gave my bread to the hungry, and my garments to the naked. If I saw any of my race dead, and thrown out on the wall of Nineveh, I buried him. If Sinanakarib the king killed any, when he came fleeing from Judah, I buried them privately, for in his wrath he killed many, and the bodies were sought for by the king, and were not found. But one of the Ninevites went, and showed to the king concerning me how I buried them, and hid myself. And when I knew that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear, and all my goods were forcibly taken away, and there was nothing left to me, save my wife Anna and my son Tobias. No more than fifty days passed before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Eirat. In Sarchedonus, his son reigned in his place, and he appointed Achiaturus, my brother Annanel's son, over all his accounts of his kingdom, and over all his affairs. And Archiaturus requested me, and I came to Nineveh. Now Archiaturus was cupbearer, keeper of the signet, steward and overseer of the accounts. Sarchedonus appointed him next to himself, but he was my brother's son. Chapter 2 Now when I had come home again, my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of seven weeks. There was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat. I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you. Then he came and said, Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace. Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up and took him into the chamber until the son had set. Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness, and remembered the prophecy of Amos. As he said, your feasts will be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation. So I wept, and when the son had set, I went and dug a grave and buried him. My neighbors mocked me and said, He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter, and yet he fled away. Behold, he buries the dead again. The same night I returned from burying him and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted, and my face was uncovered. I did not know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open, and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they did not help me, but Archie Archerus nourished me until I went into Alimaeus. My wife Anna wove cloth in the woman's chambers and sensed the work back to the owners. They, on their part, paid her wages and also gave her a kid. But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said to her, Where did this kid come from? Is it stolen? Give it back to the owners, for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen. But she said, It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages. I didn't believe her, and I asked her to return it to the owners, and I was ashamed of her. But she answered and said to me, Where are your alms and your righteous deeds? Behold, you and all your works are known. Chapter 3 I was grieved and wept and prayed and sorrow, saying, Oh Lord, you are righteous, and all your works and all your ways are mercy and truth, and you judge true and righteous judgment forever. Remember me and look at me. Do not take vengeance on me for my sins and my ignorances and the sins of my fathers who sin before you, for they disobeyed your commands. You give us a plunder for captivity, for death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed. Now your judgments are many and true, and you should deal with me according to my sins and the sins of my fathers, because we did not keep your commandments, for we did not walk in truth before you. Now deal with me according to that which is pleasing in your sight. Command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be released and become earth, for it is more profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches and there is much sorrow in me. Command that I be released from my distress now and go to the everlasting place. Do not turn your face away from me. The same day it happened to Sarah, the daughter of Raghuul and Ekbatana of Medea, that she also was reproved by her father's maid servants, because that she had been given to seven husbands and as Mordius the evil spirit killed them before they had lain with her. And they said to her, Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands and you haven't borne the name of any one of them. Why do you scourge us? They are dead. Go your ways with them. Let us never see either son or daughter from you. When she heard these things, she was grieved exceedingly, so that she thought about hanging herself. Then she said, The only daughter of my father. If I do this, I will be reproached to him and I will bring down his old age with sorrow to the grave. Then she prayed by the window and said, Blessed are you, O Lord my God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name forever. Let all your works praise you forever. And now, Lord, I have set my eyes and my face toward you. Command that I be released from the earth and that I no longer hear reproach. You know, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man, that I never polluted my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am the only daughter of my father and he has no child that will be his heir, nor brother near him, nor son belonging to him, that I should keep myself for a wife to him. Seven husbands of mine are dead already. Why should I live? If it doesn't please you to kill me, command some regard to be had of me and pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach. The prayer of both was heard before the glory of the great God. Raphael also was sent to heal them both to scale away the white films from Tobit's eyes and to give Sarah the daughter of Ragel for a wife to Tobias, the son of Tobit, and to bind Asmodeus, the evil spirit, because it belonged to Tobias that he should inherit her. At that very time, Tobit returned and entered into his house and Sarah, the daughter of Ragel, came down from her upper chamber. Chapter 4 In that day, Tobit remembered the money he had in trust with Gabel in riches of media, and he said to himself, I have asked for death. Why do I not call my son Tobias that it may explain to him about the money before I die? And he called him and said, My child, if I die, bury me. Do not despise your mother. Honor her all the days of your life and do that which is pleasing to her and do not grieve her. Remember, my child, that she has seen many dangers for you when you were in her womb. When she is dead, bury her by me in one grave. My child, be mindful of the Lord our God all your days and do not let your will be set to sin to transgress his commandments. Do righteousness all the days of your life and do not fall the ways of unrighteousness. For if you do what is true, your deeds will prosperly succeed for you. For all those who do righteousness, give alms from your possession. When you give alms, do not let your eye be envious. Do not turn away your face from any poor man and the face of God won't be turned away from you. As your possessions are, give alms of it according to your abundance. If you have little, don't be afraid to give alms according to that little. For you lay up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity. Because alms giving delivers from death and does not allow you to come into darkness, alms is a good gift in the sight of the most high for all that give it. Beware, my child, of all hordom and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Do not take a strange wife of others' tribe, for we are in the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old time, all took wives of their kindred and were blessed in their children and their seed will inherit the land. And now, my child, love your kindred and do not scorn your kindred and the sons and the daughters of your people in your heart and the wife of them. For in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble and a nonniness is decay and great lack. For nonniness is the mother of famine. Do not let the wages of any man who works for you wait with you, but give it to him out of hand. If you serve God, you will be rewarded. Take heed to yourself, my child, in all your works and all your behavior. And what you yourself hates, do to no man. Do not drink wine to drunkenness. Do not let drunkenness go with you on your way. Give your bread to the hungry and your garments to those who are naked. Give alms from all your abundance. Do not let your eye be envious when you give alms. Pour out your bread on the burial of the just and give nothing to sinners. Ask counsel to every man who is wise and do not despise any counsel that is profitable. Bless the Lord your God at all times. Ask of him that your ways may be straight and that all your paths and counsels may prosper. For every nation has no counsel, but the Lord himself gives all good things and he humbles whom he will as he will. And now my child, remember my commandments, and let them not be blotted out of your mind. And now I explain to you about the ten talents of silver which I left in trust with Cabo, the son of Gabriel, at rages of media, and fear not my child, because we are made poor. You have much wealth if you fear God and depart from all sin and do that which is pleasing in his sight. Chapter 5 Then Sovius answered and said to him, Father, I will do all things whatever you have commanded me, but how could I receive the money, since I do not know him? He gave him the handwriting and said to him, seek a man who will go with you and I will give him wages while I still live and go and receive the money. He went to seek a man and found Raphael who was an angel who knew it. He said to him, can I go with you to rages of media? Do you know those places well? The angel said to him, I will go with you. I know the way well. I have lodged with our other brother, Gabel. Tobias said to him, wait for me and I will tell my father. He said to him, go and don't wait. And he went in and said to his father, behold I have found someone who will go with you. But he said, call him to me that I may know of what tribe he is and whether he is a trustworthy man to go with you. So he called him and he came in and they saluted one another. And Tobit said to him, brother of what tribe and of what family are you? Tell me. He said to him, do you seek a tribe and a family or a hired man which will go with your son? And Tobit said I want to know, brother, your kindred and your name. And he said, I am Azariah the son of Ananiah the great of your kindred. And he said to him, welcome brother, do not be angry with me because I sought to know your tribe and family. You are my brother of an honest and good lineage. For I knew Ananiah and Jathan, the sons of Shamiah, the great. When we went together to Jerusalem to worship and offered the firstborn and the tenths of our increase and they did not go astray in the error of our kindred. My brother, you are of a great stock. But tell me what wages shall I give you a Drachma day and those things which are necessary for you as to my son. And moreover, if you both return safe and sound I will add something to your wages. And so they agreed. And he said to Tobias, prepare yourself for the journey. May God prosper you. So his son prepared what was needful for the journey. And his father said to him, go with this man. But God who dwells in heaven will prosper your journey. May his angel go with you. So they both departed and the young man's dog went with him. Why have you sent away our child? Isn't he the staff of our hand in going in and out before us? Do not be greedy to add money to money. But let it be as refuse compared to our child. For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us. Tobit said to her, do not worry my sister he will return safe and sound and your eyes will see him. For a good angel will go with him. His journey will be prospered and he will return safe and sound. So she stopped weeping. End of chapters one through five. Chapters six through ten of the Book of Tobit from the World English Bible. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter six. Now as they went on their journey they came at evening to the river Tigris. And they lodged there. They went down to wash himself and a fish leaped out of the water and would have swallowed up the young man. But the angel said to him grab the fish. So the young man grabbed the fish and hauled it up onto the land. And the angel said to him cut the fish open and take the heart the liver and the bile and keep them with you. And the young man did as the angel commanded him. But they roasted the fish and ate it and both went on their way till they drew near to Ekbatana. The young man said to the angel brother Azarius of what use is the heart the liver and the bile of the fish. He said to him about the heart and the liver if a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone we must burn those and make the smoke of them before the man or the woman and the affliction will flee. The angel said to the young man brother today we will lodge with Raghu. He is your kinsman. He has an only daughter named Sara. I will speak about her that she should be given to you for a wife for her inheritance belongs to you and you only are of her kindred. The man said to the angel the angel said to the young man brother today we will lodge with Sara of her kindred. The maid is fair and wise and now hear me. I will speak to her father when we return from ages we will celebrate the marriage for I know that Raghu may in no way marry her to another according to the law of Moses or else he would be liable to death because it belongs to you to take the inheritance rather than any other. Then the young man said to the angel I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men and that they all perished in the bride chamber now I am the only son of my father and I am afraid lest I go in and die even as those before me for a demon loves her which harms no man but those which come to her now I fear lest I die and bring my father's and mother's life to the grave with sorrow because of me I have no other son to bury them but the angel said to him don't you remember the words which your father commanded you that you should take a wife of your own kindred now hear me brother for she will be your wife do not worry about the demon for this night she will be given you as wife and when you come into the bride chamber you shall take the ashes of incense and shall lay them upon some of the heart and the liver of the fish smoke with them the demon will smell it and flee away and never come anymore and when you go near to her both of you rise up and cry to God who is merciful he will save you and have mercy on you do not be afraid for she was prepared for you from the beginning and you will save her she will go with you and I suppose that you will have children with her when Tobias heard these things he loved her and his soul was strongly joined to her they came to Egpatina and arrived at the house of Raguul but Sarah met them and she greeted them and they her then she brought them into the house and Raguul said to Edna his wife this young man really resembles Tobit my cousin and Raguul asked them where are you two from kindred they said to him we are of the sons of Naftali who are captives in Nineveh he said to them do you know Tobit our brother they said we know him then they said to him is he in good health they said he is both alive and in good health Tobias said he is my father then Raguul sprang up and kissed him wept, blessed him and he had heard that Tobit had lost his eyesight he was grieved and wept and Edna his wife and Sarah his daughter wept they received them gladly and they killed the ram of the flock and served them meat but Tobias said to Raphael brother Azarius speak of those things of which you talked about in the way and let the matter be finished so he communicated the thing to Raguul Raguul said to Tobias eat, drink and make merry for it belongs to you to take my child whoever I will tell you the truth I have given my child to seven men of our relatives and whenever they came into her they died in the night but for the present be merry then Tobias said I will taste nothing here until you all make a covenant and enter into that covenant with me Raguul said take her to yourself from now on according to our custom you are her relative and she is yours the merciful God will give all good success to you and he called his daughter Sarah and took her by the hand and gave her to be the wife of Tobias and said behold take her to yourself after the law of Moses and lead her away to your father and he blessed them and he called Edna his wife and took a book, wrote a contract and sealed it then they began to eat Raguul called his wife Edna and said to her sister prepare the other chamber and bring her in there she did as he asked her and brought her in there she wept and received the tears of her daughter and said to her be comforted my child may the Lord of heaven and earth give you favor for this year's sorrow be comforted my daughter Chapter 8 when they had finished their supper as he went he remembered the words of Raphael and took the ashes of incense and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them and made a smoke with them when the demons smelled that smell it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt and the angel bound him but after they were both shut in together Tobias rose up from the bed and said sister arise and let us pray that the Lord may have mercy on us and Tobias began to say blessed are you O God of our fathers and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever let the heavens bless you and all your creatures you made Adam and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and a support from them came the seed of men you said it is not good that the man should be alone let us make him a helper like him and now O Lord I take not this my sister for lust but in truth command that I may find mercy and grow old with her she said with him amen and they both slept that night Ragool arose and went and dug a grave saying lest he also should die and Ragool came into his house and said to Edna his wife send one of the maid servants and let him see if he is alive if not we will bury him and no man will know it so the maid servants opened the door and went in and found them both sleeping and came out and told them that he was alive then Ragool blessed God saying blessed are you O God with all pure and holy blessing let your saints bless you and all your creatures let all your angels and your elect bless you forever blessed are you because you have made me glad and it has not happened to me as I suspected but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy blessed are you because you are a mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents show them mercy O Lord fulfill their life and health with gladness and mercy he commanded his servants to fill the grave he kept the wedding feast for them 14 days before the days of the wedding feast were finished Ragool swear to him that he should not depart until the 14 days of the wedding feast were fulfilled and that then he should take half his goods and give his safety to his father and the rest he said when my wife and I die chapter 9 and Tobias called Raphael and said to him brother Azarius take with you a servant and two camels and go to Rages of Media to Gabel and receive the money for me and bring him to the wedding feast because Ragool has sworn and I must not depart my father counts the days when Raphael went on his way and lodged with Gabel and give him the handwriting so we brought forth the bags with their seals and give them to him then they rose up early in the morning together and came to the wedding feast Tobias blessed his wife chapter 10 Tobit his father counted every day when the days of the journey were expired and they didn't come he said where is Gabel perchance dead and there is no one to give him the money he was very grieved but his wife said to him the child has perished seeing he waits long she began to be well him and said I care about nothing my child since I have let you go the light of my eyes Tobit said to her hold your peace do not deceive me my child has perished and she went out every day into the way by which they went and ate no bread in the daytime and did not stop bewelling her son Tobias for whole nights until the fourteenth days of the wedding feast were expired which Ragool had sworn that he should spend there then Tobias said to Ragool send me away for my father and my mother look no more to see me but his father in law said to him stay with me I will send to your father and they will declare to him how things go with you Tobias said no send me away to my father Ragool arose and give him Sarah his wife in half his goods servants and cattle and money and he blessed them and sent them away saying the god of heaven will prosper you my children before I die honor your father in law and your mother in law they are now your parents let me hear a good report of you then he kissed her Edna said to Tobias may the lord of heaven restore you dear brother and grant to me that I may see your children of my daughter Sarah that I may rejoice before the lord behold I commit my daughter to you in special trust do not cause her grief end of chapters 6 through 10 chapters 11 through 14 of the book of Tobut from the world english bible this LibriVox recording is in the public domain chapter 11 after these things Tobias also went his way blessing god because he had prospered his journey and he blessed Ragool and Edna his wife then he went on his way until they drew near to Nineveh Raphael said to Tobias do not you know brother how you left your father let's run forward before your wife and prepare the house but take in your hand the bile of the fish so they went their way and the dog went after them Edna sat looking around toward the path for her son she saw him coming and said to his father behold your son is coming with the man that went with him Raphael said I know Tobias that your father will open his eyes therefore anoint his eyes with the bile and being pricked with it he will rub and it will make the white films fall away and then he will see you Edna ran to him and fell upon the neck of her son and said to him I have seen you my child I am ready to die they wept both Tobit went toward the door and stumbled but his son ran to him he rubbed the bile on his father's eyes saying cheer up my father when his eyes began to hurt he rubbed them then the white films peeled away from the corners of his eyes and he saw his son and fell upon his neck he wept and said blessed are you oh god and blessed is your name forever blessed are all your holy angels for you scourged and had mercy on me behold I see my son Tobias and his son went in rejoicing and told his father the great things that had happened to him in media Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh rejoicing and blessing God those who saw him go marveled because he had received his sight Tobit gave thanks before them because God had shown mercy on him when Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter-in-law he blessed her saying welcome daughter blessed is God who has brought you to us and blessed are your father and your mother and there was joy among all his kindred who were at Nineveh Atiaturus and Nasbas his brother's son came Tobias' wedding feast was kept seven days with great gladness Chapter 12 Tobit called his son Tobias and said to him see my child that the man which went with you have his wages and he said to him father it is no harm to me to give him half of those which I have brought for he has led me for you in safety and he cured my wife and brought my money and likewise cured you the old man said it is due to him and he called the angel and said to him take half of all that you have brought then he called them both privately and said to them bless God and give him thanks and magnify him and give him thanks in the sight of all that live for the things which he has done for you it is good to bless God and exalt his name showing forth with honor the works of God do not be slacked to give him thanks it is good to keep close the secret of a king but to reveal gloriously the works of God do good and evil will not find you good is prayer with fasting a little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness it is better to give alms than to lay up gold alms delivers from death and it purges away all sin those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life but those who sin are enemies to their own life surely I will keep nothing close from you I have said it is good to keep close the secret of a king but to reveal gloriously the works of God and now when you prayed and Sarah your daughter in law I brought the memorial of your prayer before the holy one when you buried the dead I was with you likewise and when you didn't delay to rise up and leave your dinner that you might go and cover the dead your good deed was not hidden for me and I was with you and now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter in law of the seven holy angels which present the prayers of the saints and go in before the glory of the holy one and they were both troubled and fell upon their faces for they were afraid and he said to them do not be afraid you will all have peace but bless God forever for I came not of any favor of my own but by the will of your God therefore bless him forever all these days I appear to you I did not eat or drink but you all saw a vision now give God thanks because I ascend to him who sent me right in a book all the things which had been done then they arose and saw him no more they confessed the great and wonderful works of God and how the angel of the Lord had appeared to them Chapter 13 Antobot wrote a prayer for rejoicing and said bless it is God who lives forever this is his kingdom for he scourges and shows mercy he leads down to the grave and brings him up again there is no one who will escape his hand give thanks to him before the Gentiles all you children of Israel for he has scattered us among them declare his greatness there extol him before all the living because he is our Lord and God is our Father forever he will scourge us for our iniquities and will again show mercy he will gather us out of all the nations among whom you are all scattered if you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul to do truth before him then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you see what he will do with you give him thanks with your whole mouth bless the Lord of righteousness exalt the everlasting King I give him thanks in the land of my captivity and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners turn you sinners and do righteousness before him who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you I exalt my God my soul exalts the King of Heaven and rejoices in his greatness let all men speak and let them give him thanks in Jerusalem oh Jerusalem the holy city he will scourge you for the works of your sons and will again have mercy on the righteous give thanks to the Lord with goodness and bless the everlasting King that his tabernacle may be built in you again with joy and that he may make glad in you those who are captives and love in you forever those who are miserable many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands even gifts to the King of Heaven generations of generations will praise you and sing songs of rejoicing all those who hate you are cursed and those who love you forever will be blessed rejoice and be exceedingly glad for the sons of the righteous for they will be gathered together and will bless the Lord of the righteous oh blessed are those who love you they will rejoice for your peace blessed are all those who mourn for all your scourges because they will rejoice for you when they have seen all your glory they will be made glad forever let my soul bless God the great King for Jerusalem will be built with sapphires emeralds and precious stones your walls and your towers and your battlements with pure gold the streets of Jerusalem will be paved with barrel carbuncle and stones of Ophir and all her streets will say alleluia and give praise saying God who has exalted you forever chapter 14 then Tobit finished giving thanks he was 58 years old when he lost his sight after 8 years he received it again he gave alms and he feared the Lord God more and more and give thanks to him now he grew very old and he called his sons with the six sons of his son and said to him my child take your sons behold I have grown old ready to depart out of this life go into media my child for I surely believe all the things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh that it will be overthrown but in media there will rather be peace for a season our kindred will be scattered in the earth from the good land Jerusalem will be desolate and the house of God in it will be burned up and will be desolate for a time God will again have mercy on them and take back into the land and they will build the house but not like the former house until the times of that age are fulfilled afterward they will return from the places of their captivity and build up Jerusalem with honor the house of God will be built in it forever with a glorious building even as the prophet spoke concerning it and all the nations will turn to fear the Lord God truly all the nations will bless the Lord and His people will give thanks to God and the Lord will exalt His people and all those who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice showing mercy to our kindred and now my child depart from Nineveh because those things which the prophet Jonah spoke will surely come to pass but you must keep the law and the ordinances and show yourself merciful and righteous that it may be well with you bury me decently and your mother with me do not stay at Nineveh see my child what Amen did to Archiearcherus who nursed him how out of the light he brought him into darkness and all the recompense that he made him Archiearcherus was saved but the other had his recompense and he went down into darkness Manassas gave alms and escaped the snare of death which was set for him but Amen fell into the snare and perished and now my children consider what alms does and how righteousness delivers while he was saying these things he give up the ghost in the bed but he was 158 years old Tobias buried him magnificently when Anna died he buried her with his father but Tobias departed with his wife and his sons to Raghul his father-in-law and he grew old in honor and buried his father-in-law and mother-in-law magnificently and he inherited their possessions and his father Tobits he died at Ektavanna of Medea being 127 years old before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineveh which Nebuchadnezzar and the Haziarus took captive before his death over Nineveh End of chapters 11 through 14 End of the Book of Tobit from the World English Bible