Tobit 5:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 He answered, “I am Azariah,[a] son of the great Hananiah, one of your own kindred.” 14 Tobit exclaimed: “Welcome! God save you, brother! Do not be provoked with me, brother, for wanting to learn the truth about your family. It turns out that you are a kinsman, from a noble and good line! I knew Hananiah and Nathan, the two sons of the great Shemeliah. They used to go to Jerusalem with me, where we would worship together. They were not led astray; your kindred are good people. You are certainly of good lineage. So welcome!”
15 Then he added: “For each day I will give you a drachma as wages,[b] as well as expenses for you and for my son. So go with my son, and
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- 5:13–14 Azariah, “Yhwh has helped”; Hananiah, “Yhwh has shown mercy”; Nathan is a shortened form of Nathaniah, “Yhwh has given”; Shemeliah may be a Greek corruption of the Hebrew name, Shemaiah, “Yhwh has heard.”
- 5:15 A drachma as wages: the normal wages, about seventeen cents, a day’s wage for a laborer.
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