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And all my goods were forcibly taken away, and there was nothing left to me, save my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
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Verse 20. Slain, by order or connivance of Sennacherib. Menochius.—Tobias buried the dead, out of charity, and the belief of a future resurrection. Hence arises the respect for tombs and the relics of the saints. Calmet.—The pagans imagined that the souls could not rest till their bodies were interred. Homer, Virgil vii. and so forth Calmet.
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