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People -> Tobit (Home Page) According to Jewish tradition, Tobit and his wife Hannah are pious Israelites of the Tribe of Naphtali who were exiled to Assyria. Their son Tobias undergoes an adventurous journey, accompanied by the archangel Raphael, disguised as a human. The angel allows Tobias to marry cousin Sarah, freeing her from the power of a demon. The angel also heals Tobit from his blindness before revealing his true identity and departing. This page is edited by Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan. Tobit (research) Overview Tobit in Scholarship See Studies on the Book of Tobit Tobit in Fiction See Tobit (fiction) : Literature, Music -- list of works of fiction on Tobit Tobit in Art Tobit (art) -- list of works of art on Tobit External links [ Wikipedia] Tobit -- Highlights Tobit -- Sources

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Childhood of Tobit

Tobit was a virtuous youth from the northern tribe of Naphtali. Unlike the other members of his tribe, he worshiped God in the Temple of Jerusalem and honored the priests, sons of Aaron. He followed the Law of Moses and the instructions of "Deborah, the mother of my father Tobiel."

As usual, Tobit's youth ends with his marriage. The couple had a child, Tobias.

Book of Tobit

Chap. 1 -- Tobit’s Youth and Virtuous Life -- 4 When I was in my own country, in the land of Israel, while I was still a child (νέος), the whole tribe of my ancestor Naphtali deserted the house of David and Jerusalem. This city had been chosen from among all the tribes of Israel, where all the tribes of Israel should offer sacrifice and where the temple, the dwelling of God, had been consecrated and established for all generations forever.

5 All my kindred and our ancestral house of Naphtali sacrificed to the calf that King Jeroboam of Israel had erected in Dan and on all the mountains of Galilee. 6 But I alone went often to Jerusalem for the festivals, as it is prescribed for all Israel by an everlasting decree. I would hurry off to Jerusalem with the first fruits of the crops and the firstlings of the flock, the tithes of the cattle, and the first sharing of the sheep. 7 I would give these to the priests, the sons of Aaron, at the altar; likewise the tenth of the grain, wine, olive oil, pomegranates, figs, and the rest of the fruits to the sons of Levi who ministered at Jerusalem. Also for six years I would save up a second tenth in money and go and distribute it in Jerusalem. 8 A third tenth[d] I would give to the orphans and widows and to the converts who had attached themselves to Israel. I would bring it and give it to them in the third year, and we would eat it according to the ordinance decreed concerning it in the law of Moses and according to the instructions of Deborah, the mother of my father Tobiel,[e] for my father had died and left me an orphan. 9 When I became a man (ἀνήρ) I married a woman,[f] a member of our own family, and by her I became the father of a son whom I named Tobias.