1. Tobit was from the tribe and city of Naphtali (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Asher, after the way, which leads to the west, that has on its left the city of Sephet).
2. Although he had been taken captive in the days of Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, even in such a situation as captivity, he did not desert the way of truth.
3. So then, every day, all that he was able to obtain, he bestowed on his fellow captive brothers, who were from his kindred.
4. And, when he was among the youngest of any in the tribe of Naphtali, he showed not so much as any childish behavior in his work.