Tobit 9:6
Good News Translation
Very early the next morning, they set out for the wedding feast. When Raphael and Gabael came to Raguel's house, they found Tobias at dinner. Tobias immediately got up and greeted Gabael. With tears in his eyes Gabael returned the greeting and added, "You are just like your honest and generous father. May the Lord in heaven bless you and your wife, your mother-in-law, and your father. Praise God! He has let me live to see my cousin Tobias, who looks so much like his father."

New Revised Standard Version
In the morning they both got up early and went to the wedding celebration. When they came into Raguel’s house they found Tobias reclining at table. He sprang up and greeted Gabael, who wept and blessed him with the words, “Good and noble son of a father good and noble, upright and generous! May the Lord grant the blessing of heaven to you and your wife, and to your wife’s father and mother. Blessed be God, for I see in Tobias the very image of my cousin Tobit.”

Contemporary English Version
and early the next morning, the two men got up and went to the wedding celebration at Raguel's home in Ecbatana. Tobias was eating when they arrived, but he jumped up and greeted Gabael. Gabael started weeping and said, "You are honest and good, just like your father Tobit. And he was such a generous man! Now I pray that God will bless you from heaven, and also that he will bless your wife and her parents. I praise God, Tobias, because you are just like your father."

New American Bible
The following morning they both got an early start and traveled to the wedding celebration. When they entered Raguel’s house, they found Tobiah reclining at table. He jumped up and greeted Gabael, who wept and blessed him, exclaiming: “Good and noble child, son of a good and noble, righteous and charitable man, may the Lord bestow a heavenly blessing on you and on your wife, and on your wife’s father and mother. Blessed be God, because I have seen the very image of my cousin Tobit!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Raphael took four of Raguel's servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Raphael took four of Raguel's servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money.

Tobit 9:4
For thou knowest that my father numbereth the days: and if I stay one day more, his soul will be afflicted.

Tobit 9:5
And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath adjured me, whose adjuring I cannot despise.

Tobit 9:7
And he told him concerning Tobias the son of Tobias, all that had been done: and made him come with him to the wedding.

Tobit 9:8
And when he was come into Raguel's house he found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaped up, and they kissed each other: and Gabelus wept, and blessed God,

Context
Tobit 9
5And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath adjured me, whose adjuring I cannot despise. 6Then Raphael took four of Raguel's servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money. 7And he told him concerning Tobias the son of Tobias, all that had been done: and made him come with him to the wedding.…
Cross References
Tobit 9:4
For thou knowest that my father numbereth the days: and if I stay one day more, his soul will be afflicted.

Tobit 9:5
And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath adjured me, whose adjuring I cannot despise.

Tobit 9:7
And he told him concerning Tobias the son of Tobias, all that had been done: and made him come with him to the wedding.

Tobit 9:8
And when he was come into Raguel's house he found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaped up, and they kissed each other: and Gabelus wept, and blessed God,



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Tobit 9:5
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