Tobit

Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.

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This work is a narrative depicting the trials and ultimate redemption of Tobit, a pious Jewish exile, and his family during the Assyrian captivity. Living in Nineveh, Tobit loses his sight despite his righteous deeds and acts of charity, while in Media, a young woman named Sarah suffers the tragic loss of her husbands to a demon; both pray to God for death in their despair. In response to their prayers, the archangel Raphael is sent in human disguise to accompany Tobit's son, Tobias, on a journey to Media. Along the way, Tobias catches a giant fish whose organs serve as medicine, successfully marries Sarah while banishing the demon, and retrieves his father's silver. Upon their return, Tobias heals his father's blindness using the fish's gall, after which Raphael reveals his true identity and ascends to heaven. The story concludes with Tobit's prayer of thanksgiving, his prophecy of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the peaceful lives of his descendants.