Don’t be greedy to add money to money; but let it be as refuse compared to our child.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 18. But lest. Greek Comp. “and Tobit said, brother, I wish to know thy race and thy name. But he replied, I am of the race of Azarias, and of Ananias, who is also thy brother.” Whitaker would have this to be a lie. Bible.—But the apparitions of angels are not to be examined by the ordinary rules of life. They take the name of God without scruple, as they acted in his name. Genesis 31:11. Calmet. Menochius. Tirinus.—Azarias. The angel took the form of Azarias; and therefore might call himself by the name of the man whom he personated. Azarias, in Hebrew, signifies the help of God; and Ananias, the grace of God. Challoner.—Tobias had not inquired whether he was a man or an angel, as Houbigant answers the objection of Prideaux. Bible.—The “help and medicine of God” nearly correspond. Worthington.