Tobit Chapter 10 Summary - Key Points & Themes

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In Nineveh, Tobit counts the days and grows anxious when his son does not return, while Anna, convinced that Tobias is dead, mourns him and watches the road day after day. When the fourteen days of the wedding are over, Tobias insists on leaving despite Raguel's pleas. Raguel sends him away with Sara and half of his goods, servants, cattle and money, and he and Edna bless the couple, urging Sara to honour her new parents and entrusting her to Tobias.

Characters in This Chapter

Tobit

Devout exile in Nineveh who buries the dead, is blinded and healed

Tobias

His son, who travels to Media, marries Sara and heals his father

Raphael

Angel sent by God, disguised as Azarias, who guides Tobias and binds the demon

Places in This Chapter

Nineveh

Assyrian capital where Tobit lives in exile, buries the dead and is blinded; his last words announce its fall

Tigris River

River where Tobias, guided by the angel, catches the fish whose heart, liver and gall will heal

Jerusalem

City where young Tobit went up with his tithes, and whose rebuilding in glory his final hymn foresees

Ecbatana

City of Raguel in Media, where Tobias marries Sara and the demon is driven out

Position in Book

Tobit's Trials in NinevehChapters 1-2

Two Prayers HeardChapters 3

A Father's CounselChapters 4

The Journey with the AngelChapters 5-6

Marriage and DeliveranceChapters 7-9

Return and HealingChapters 10-11

After his parents' anxious waiting, Tobias comes home with Sara and heals his father's eyes with the fish's gall.

The Angel RevealedChapters 12

Tobit's Hymn and Last WordsChapters 13-14