Tobit 5:16-18

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¹⁶ and I will add something to your wages.” Raphael^[a] answered, “I will go with him, so do not fear. We shall leave in good health and return to you in good health because the way is safe.” ¹⁷ So Tobit^[b] said to him, “Blessings be upon you, brother.”

Then he called his son and said to him, “Make preparations for the journey, my son, and set out with your brother. May God in heaven bring you safely there and return you in good health to me, and may his angel, my son, accompany you both for your safety.”

Before he^[c] went out to start his journey, he kissed his father and mother. Tobit then said to him, “Have a safe journey.”^(A)

¹⁸ But his mother began to weep and said to Tobit, “Why is it that you have sent my son away? Is he not the staff of our hand as he goes in and out before us?^(B)