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Tobit

Tobit, a righteous Israelite, remained faithful to God despite being taken captive by the Assyrians and suffering various afflictions, including blindness. He instructed his son Tobias to retrieve a debt from a fellow Israelite, Gabael, and to marry and have children. Tobias, accompanied by the angel Raphael, traveled to the region of the Medes, where he met and married Sarah, a woman who had been plagued by a demon that killed her previous seven husbands. With Raphael's guidance, Tobias used a fish's liver to ward off the demon and was able to consummate his marriage with Sarah. After the wedding, Tobias returned to his parents, Tobit and Anna, and used the fish's gall to restore his father's sight. The angel Raphael revealed his true identity and disappeared, and Tobit spent the rest of his life praising God and calling on the Israelites to confess and praise the Lord. Tobit lived to be 102 years old and was buried honorably, and his son Tobias lived a long and holy life, dying at the age of 99.

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