8. I gave this to orphans and widows, and to Gentiles who had joined Israel. In the third year, when I brought and gave it to them, we would eat together according to the instruction recorded in Moses’ Law, as Deborah my grandmother had taught me (for my father had died and left me an orphan).
9. When I became an adult, I married a woman from our clan. Together we had a son, whom I named Tobias.
10. After I was taken captive to Assyria and came to Nineveh, all my relatives and fellow Jews there were eating Gentile food.
11. I, however, avoided eating the Gentiles’ food.
12. Because I kept God in view with all my heart,
13. the Most High gave me favor and good standing before Shalmaneser, and I would buy for him everything he needed.
14. I used to go to Media on business for him until he died. While in the land of Media, I entrusted 570 pounds of silver to Gabael brother of Gabri.