Tobit 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 But how will I be able to retrieve the money from him inasmuch as he does not know me and I do not know him? What proof can I give him so that he can recognize me, trust me, and give me the money? And furthermore, I do not know what roads I must take to make this journey to Media.”
3 Then Tobit answered his son Tobiah, “We each signed a document that I divided into two parts, one for each of us. I kept one part, and I put the other part with the money. Twenty years have now elapsed since I left this money in his care. So now, my son, you must find a trustworthy man who will accompany you. We will pay him wages until you return. But go and collect the money from Gabael.”[a]
4 So Tobiah went out to look for someone who knew the way to Media and would be willing to accompany him. Outside, he encountered the angel Raphael standing in front of him. Unaware that he was an angel of God,
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- Tobit 5:3 It is thus a question of the receipt that Tobit received from Gabael and of a voucher whose two parts had to match at the moment of verification.
