Tobias asks how he can collect money from a man he does not know, and Tobit gives him the receipt and tells him to find a companion for the journey. Tobias meets Raphael without knowing he is an angel; questioned by Tobit, the stranger calls himself Azarias, son of Ananias the great, a kinsman, and agrees to go for a drachma a day. The two set out with the young man's dog, while Anna weeps that no money is worth her son, and Tobit comforts her that a good angel will keep him company.
Tobit 5 - Summary
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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
Ananias of Damascus
Disciple who Healed Paul
Anna
The Prophetess Who Proclaimed Redemption
Places in This Chapter
Nineveh
View on MapAssyrian capital where Tobit lives in exile, buries the dead and is blinded; his last words announce its fall
Tigris River
View on MapRiver where Tobias, guided by the angel, catches the fish whose heart, liver and gall will heal
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
Tobias sets out with Raphael, who calls himself Azarias; at the Tigris they catch the fish whose heart, liver and gall will heal.
Marriage and DeliveranceChapters 7-9
Return and HealingChapters 10-11
The Angel RevealedChapters 12
Tobit's Hymn and Last WordsChapters 13-14