Drafted by Grok 4.7 on 8 October 2026. First draft. Not independently reviewed. Aramaic and Hebrew where a Qumran copy can be read (4Q196–4Q200), and otherwise the longer Greek of Codex Sinaiticus. The shorter Greek in Swete is not the base. Gaps in Sinaiticus are not filled from a later edition.
1When they drew near to Kaserin, which is opposite Nineveh, Raphael said,
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Kaserin is the place name as Sinaiticus spells it. It is not identified with a modern site in the line.
2“You know how we left your father.
3Let us run ahead of your wife and get the house ready for their arrival.”
4The two of them went on together. Raphael said to him, “Take the gall in your hand.” And the lord came along with them, from behind him and his son.
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Sinaiticus writes kyrios, “lord,” for the one who came from behind. Chapter 6 says the dog, kyōn, left with them. The words are close, and this may be a damaged spelling of “dog,” but that is not what the letters say. “The lord” is printed. The dog is not written into this verse.
5Anna was sitting, watching the road for her son.
6She saw him coming and said to his father, “Look, your son is coming, and the man who went with him.”
7Raphael said to Tobias, before he reached his father, “I know that his eyes will be opened.
8Smear the fish’s gall on his eyes. The medicine will sting and peel the white films off his eyes, and your father will see again and see the light.”
9Anna ran and fell on her son’s neck and said to him, “I have seen you, child. From now on I can die.” And she wept.
10Tobit stood up and stumbled as he walked, and he came out the courtyard door.
11Tobias walked up to him with the fish’s gall in his hand. He sprinkled it on his eyes and said, “Don’t be afraid, father.” He put the medicine on him.
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4Q200 fragment 5, Hebrew and earlier, has the gall in his hand, a word for sprinkling or scattering it on the eyes, “don’t be afraid, father,” and the medicine put on the eyes. Sinaiticus says he blew the gall into the eyes. The Hebrew action is printed. The fragment is damaged around those words, and restored letters are not added to the line. The Greek “blew” is the live alternative and is not printed.
12He pressed, and the white films came away from his eyes.
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The Hebrew fragment has pressing, then the whites of the eyes. Sinaiticus says he peeled the films from the corners of the eyes with both his hands. “Pressed” and “the whites of his eyes” follow the Hebrew. The Greek detail about both hands and the corners is not printed over it.
13He fell on his son’s neck and wept, and he said to him, “I see you, child, the light of my eyes.”
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The Hebrew fragment ends this moment with “and he saw his son.” The words of the greeting are the Greek, which is continuous here. The Hebrew does not preserve the greeting itself.
14He said, “Blessed is God, and blessed is his great name, and blessed are all his holy angels. May his great name be on us, and blessed are all the angels forever, because he scourged me, and look, I see Tobias my son.”
15Tobias came in, glad and blessing God with his whole body. He told his father that the journey had gone well, that he had brought the silver, and that he had taken Sarah, Raguel’s daughter, as his wife, and that she was arriving and was already near the gate of Nineveh.
16Tobit went out to meet his son’s bride, glad and blessing God, toward the gate of Nineveh. The people in Nineveh saw him walking and passing by with his full strength, led by no one’s hand, and they were astonished. Tobit gave thanks in front of them, because God had shown him mercy and had opened his eyes.
17Tobit came up to Sarah, the wife of Tobias his son, and blessed her. He said to her, “Come in, and be well, daughter. Blessed is your God, who has brought you to us, daughter. Blessed is your father, and your mother. Blessed is Tobias my son, and blessed are you, daughter. Come into your house in good health, with blessing and joy. Come in, daughter.”
18That day there was joy for all the Jews who were in Nineveh.
19Ahikar and Nadab, his cousins, came to Tobit, glad.
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Sinaiticus writes both Nadab and a second spelling, and it says “cousins” and then “cousin.” Ahikar was already called Tobit’s cousin. Nadab is the man who later harms Ahikar. Both names are printed. The double spelling and the double “cousin” are printed once each.