OLD TESTAMENT

Tobit 2:12

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12

and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid.

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Verse 12. Now. This is omitted in Greek and Hebrew as far as verse 19. Saint Ambrose says beautifully, that Tobias “was more grieved that he could yield no assistance to others, than for the loss of his sight.”

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