8. Apply the fish gall to his eyes, and the medicine will make the white scales shrink and peel off from his eyes; then your father will have sight again and will see the light of day.”
9. Then Anna ran up to her son, embraced him, and said to him, “Now that I have seen you again, son, I am ready to die!” And she sobbed aloud.
10. Tobit got up and stumbled out through the courtyard gate to meet his son. Tobiah went up to him
11. with the fish gall in his hand and blew into his eyes. Holding him firmly, he said, “Courage, father.” Then he applied the medicine to his eyes, and it made them sting.
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13. Tobiah used both hands to peel the white scales from the corners of his eyes. Tobit saw his son and threw his arms around him.
14. Weeping, he exclaimed, “I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!” Then he prayed,“Blessed be God,blessed be his great name,and blessed be all his holy angels.May his great name be with us,and blessed be all the angels throughout all the ages.
15. God it was who afflicted me,and God who has had mercy on me.Now I see my son Tobiah!”Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice. Tobiah related to his father how his journey had been a success; that he had brought back the money; and that he had married Raguel’s daughter Sarah, who was about to arrive, for she was near the gate of Nineveh.