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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Tobit - chapter 11 (excerpt)

11: 14 - 15a, 17b (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)
And when Tobit saw his son (Tobias), he fell on his neck and wept, and said, "Blessed are You, O God, and blessed is Your nmae froever, and blessed are all Your holy angels.  For though You have flogged me, You have had mercy on me; here I can see Tobias, my son." . . .And when Tobit came up to Sarah his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, saying, "Welcome, daughter!  Blessed is God, who has brought you to us, and blessed are your father and your mother."

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