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¶The .xj. Chapter.
1 The returne of Tobias to his father. 11 How he was receaued. 15 His father hath his sight restored, and prayseth the Lorde.
[unspec A] 1 AS they nowe were go∣ing homeward againe, vpon the eleuenth day they came to Charran, which lyeth in the halfe way towarde Ni∣niue.
2 And the angell saide: Brother Tobi∣as, thou knowest how thou hast left thy father:
3 Therfore if it please thee, we two wyl go before, and let the housholde with thy wyfe & the cattaile come faire and softly after vs.
4 And when Tobias was content that they should go before, Raphael said vn∣to him: Take of the gal of the fishe with thee, for it shall be necessary. So Tobi∣as toke of the gall, and they went their way.
5 But Anna the mother of Tobias sate dayly by the way side vpon the toppe of an hill, from whence she might see farre about her.
6 And whyle she was wayting there for his comming, she loked a farre of, and a∣none she perceaued her sonne comming, and ranne and tolde her husband, say∣ing: beholde thy sonne commeth.
[unspec B] 7 And Raphael saide vnto Tobias: As∣soone as thou commest into the house, immediatly worship the lorde thy God, and geue thankes vnto him: then go to thy father, and kisse hym,
8 And straight wayes strike his eyes o∣uer with the gall of the fishe that thou hast brought with thee: For be sure that his eyes shall straight way be opened, and thy father shall see the light of hea∣uen, and shal reioyce at the sight of thee.
9 Then the dogge that had ben with them in their iourney, ranne before, and came as a messenger, and wagged his tayle for gladnesse.
10 So the blynde father arose, and began to runne, and stumbled with his feete: and gaue a seruaunt his hand, & ranne to meete his sonne,
11 Receaued him, and kissed him, he and his wyfe, and they both began to weepe for ioy.
12 Now when they had worshipped and thanked God, they sat downe.
13 Then tooke Tobias of the fishes gall, [unspec C] and annoynted his fathers eyes:
14 And taryed halfe an houre, and then began the blemishe to go out of his eyes, lyke as it had ben the white skinne of an egge:
15 Which Tobias tooke, and drew from his eyes, and immediatly he receaued his sight.
16 Then they praysed God, he and his wyfe, and all they that knew him.
17 And Tobias saide: O Lorde God of Israel I geue thee prayse & thankes, for thou hast chastened me, & made me whole: And lo, nowe do I see my sonne Tobias.
18 After seuen dayes, came Sara his sonnes wyfe also whole and sound, with all the housholde and cattaile, with ca∣mels, & much money of his wyues, and with the money that he had receaued of Gabelus.
19 And he tolde his father and his mo∣ther [unspec D] all the benefites which God had done for him by the man that led him.
20 Achior also and Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came, and were glad, and reioy∣ced with him, by reason of all the good thinges that God had shewed vnto him: And so for the space of seuen dayes they made mery, and were right ioyfull euery one.