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Tobit 11:2-13 Common English Bible (CEB)

2. Raphael said, "You know how we left your father.

3. Let’s run ahead of your wife and get the house ready while the rest are coming."

4. So they both went on together, and Raphael said, "Get the gallbladder ready." The dog came with them, still following behind.

5. Now Anna was sitting down and watching the road that her son had taken.

6. When she saw him coming, she said to her husband, "Look! Your son is coming, along with the man who went with him!"

7. Before Tobias reached his father, Raphael said to him, "I know that his eyes will be opened.

8. Smear the fish’s gall on his eyes. The medicine will make the white spots shrink and peel away from his eyes. Then your father will regain his sight and see the light."

9. Anna jumped up and embraced her son, saying, "I see you, my child! Now I’m ready to die." She began to cry.

10. Then Tobit rose and stumbled through the courtyard door. Tobias went to him

11. with the fish’s gallbladder in his hand. Tobias sprinkled some of the gall into his father’s eyes, saying, "Don’t be afraid, Father!" He poured out the medicine on him and applied it.

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13. Then with both his hands, he peeled off the white spots from the corners of Tobit’s eyes.Tobit embraced him and began to cry, saying, "I see you, my child and light of my eyes!

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