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Chapter 10

Anxiety of Tobiah’s Parents.[a] Meanwhile, every day Tobit continued to estimate the number of days Tobiah would need for the journey there and for the return trip. When that time had elapsed and still his son had not returned, he said, “Is it possible that he has been detained there? Perhaps Gabael is dead and there is no one who is able to give him the money.”

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Footnotes

  1. Tobit 10:1 There is feasting at Ecbatana, but at Nineveh, time has stopped. Overwhelmed by anxiety, the aged parents count the days. The author artfully handles the contrast and sketches one of the most moving scenes in the Book.