Tobit 5:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Then Tobias went out and called him, and said, ‘Young man, my father is calling for you.’ So he went in to him, and Tobit greeted him first. He replied, ‘Joyous greetings to you!’ But Tobit retorted, ‘What joy is left for me any more? I am a man without eyesight; I cannot see the light of heaven, but I lie in darkness like the dead who no longer see the light. Although still alive, I am among the dead. I hear people but I cannot see them.’ But the young man^[a] said, ‘Take courage; the time is near for God to heal you; take courage.’ Then Tobit said to him, ‘My son Tobias wishes to go to Media. Can you accompany him and guide him? I will pay your wages, brother.’ He answered, ‘I can go with him and I know all the roads, for I have often gone to Media and have crossed all its plains, and I am familiar with its mountains and all of its roads.’

¹¹ Then Tobit^[b] said to him, ‘Brother, of what family are you and from what tribe? Tell me, brother.’ ¹² He replied, ‘Why do you need to know my tribe?’ But Tobit^[c] said, ‘I want to be sure, brother, whose son you are and what your name is.’