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Tobit 1:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 1:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Tobit Deported and Persecuted.[a]After the Exile to Assyria, I came to Nineveh as a captive. All the members of my kindred and of my people ate the food of pagans, 11 but I conscientiously avoided doing so. 12 And because I remained faithful to God with my whole heart,
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- Tobit 1:10 Without any concern for chronology, the author mixes up reigns. He wishes to stress that Tobit remains faithful in spite of any trials; he is an example offered for our meditation. The end of the passage relates to literature: Ahiqar, who is here characterized as a Hebrew and a cousin of Tobit, is the protagonist of the Book (or Wisdom) of Ahiqar, of Assyrian origin, preserved in various redactions and translations, which portrays him as conspicuous for wisdom and probity (see Tob 2:10; 11:18; 14:10; Jud 5:5).
