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Tobit 5:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 5:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 Tobiah said to him, “Where do you come from, young man?” “I am an Israelite, one of your kindred,” he replied. “I have come here to look for work.” Then Tobiah said to him, “Do you know the way to Media?”
6 “Yes,” he answered. “I have been there many times. I am familiar with all the routes, and I know them well. I have often traveled to Media where I used to stay with Gabael, our kinsman who lives at Rages in Media. It generally takes two full days[a] to travel from Ecbatana to Rages, inasmuch as Rages is situated in a mountainous area while Ecbatana is in the middle of a plain.”
7 Tobiah said to him “Wait for me, young man, while I go inside and tell my father. I need you to travel with me, and I shall pay you for your time.”
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- Tobit 5:6 A detail that indicates a poor knowledge of geography. Far from taking only two full days, the 180-mile journey from Rages to Ecbatana took the army of Alexander the Great eleven days. All the author is interested in at this point is to show that Tobiah, aided by Raphael, had a practical knowledge of the area to which he was going.
