So Tobias went out, called Raphael, and said to him, “Young man, my father is calling for you.” Raphael went in, and Tobit was the first to greet him. Raphael said, “May joy be yours!” Tobit responded, “What joy can there still be for me? My eyes are useless, and I can’t see the light of heaven. Instead, I lie in darkness just like the dead who no longer see the light. I live among the dead, hearing the sound of human beings without seeing them.” Raphael said to him, “Take heart! The time is near when God will heal you. Take heart!” Then Tobit said to him, “My son Tobias wants to go to Media. Brother, can you accompany and guide him? I will pay your wages.” Raphael said to him, “I’m able to go with him, for I know all the roads and have often traveled to Media and have passed through all its plains. So I’m familiar with its mountains and all its roads.”

Tobias and Raphael arrive at Raguel’s house

When they entered Ecbatana, Tobias said to him, “Brother Azariah, bring me at once to Raguel our relative.” So Azariah took him to Raguel’s house. They found him sitting at the gate of the courtyard and greeted him first. Raguel said to them, “Many greetings, brothers. You have come generously and in health!” Raguel brought them into his house

They got up early in the morning together and went to the wedding feast. They came to Raguel’s place and found Tobias reclining at a table. Tobias jumped up and greeted him, and Gabael wept and blessed him, saying, “Good and generous man, son of a good and generous man who is just and charitable! May the Lord grant a heavenly blessing to you and your wife, and to your wife’s father and mother. May God be praised, for I have now seen in Tobias the image of Tobit my cousin!”