Now when Tobiah tarried there by reason of the wedding, his father Tobit became troubled, and said, "Why tarrieth my son? And what hath hindered him there?"

"Hath not Gabelus perchance died? And there is no man to repay him the money?"

And a great sorrow seized him and Anna his wife, and they both began to weep for the tarrying of their son from returning on the appointed day.

And his mother wept with incessant tears, saying, "Alas! Alas, my son! Why have we sent thee forth into a strange land, O light of our eyes, and staff of our old age, and comfort of our life, and hope of our posterity?"

"For in thee alone we had everything; it was not meet for us to send thee from us."

But Tobit said unto her, "Hold thy peace, and be not troubled; our son is in safety, and the man whom we sent with him is most trustworthy!"

Yet this availed her not the least comfort; and every day she would rise up quickly, and look forth on every side, and gaze upon all the ways whence she thought her son might return, if perchance she might see him approaching from afar.

Now Raguel said unto his son-in-law, "Abide here, and I will dispatch one to Tobit thy father to inform him of thy welfare."

But Tobiah said unto him, "I know that my father and my mother do count the days, and their souls are troubled with anxiety."

And after Raguel had greatly urged Tobiah, and he would not hearken, he finally gave him in marriage Sarah and half of all his goods, of menservants and maidservants, and cattle and camels, and oxen and much silver, and sent him away from him in peace, rejoicing.

Saying, "May the holy angel of the Lord be in your way, and bring you safe; and may ye find all things well with your parents, and may mine eyes see your children before I die."

And the parents embraced their daughter, and then sent her away.

And they charged her to honor her father-in-law and her mother-in-law, and to love her husband, and to govern her household, and to manage her house, and to preserve herself blameless.