17. And Raphael the Angel said, "Do you seek the family of the one you hire, or else the hired hand himself, to go with your son?
18. But, lest perhaps I cause you to worry: I am Azariah, the son of Hananiah the great."
19. And Tobit responded, "You are from a great family. But I ask you, do not be angry that I wanted to know your family."
20. But the Angel said to him, "I will lead your son safely, and I will bring him back safely to you."
21. And so Tobit, answering, said, "May you walk well, and may God be with you on your journey, and may his Angel accompany you."
22. Then, when all things were ready which were to be carried on their journey, Tobias said farewell to his father, and to his mother, and the two of them walked together.
23. And when they had set out, his mother began to weep, and to say: "You have taken the staff of our old age, and you have sent him away from us.
24. I wish that the money, for which you sent him, had never been.
25. For our poverty has been sufficient for us, so that we might count it as riches that we saw our son."
26. And Tobit said to her: "Do not weep. Our son will arrive safely, and he will return safely to us, and your eyes shall see him.
27. For I believe that the good Angel of God accompanies him and that he orders all things well which occur around him, such that he will be returned to us with gladness."