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Anna weeps beside the empty doorway and questions seated Tobit after their adult son has departed.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
Tobit 5

POB Greek working edition anchored in Swete (1909), retaining its declared local longer-form selection at 6:3–6. Artwork depicts events, reported memories and prayers as this edition presents them.

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The edition opens with the book of the words of Tobit. The artwork does not authenticate portraits or authorship.

· Greek

Source edition: Available POB working translation anchored in Swete 1909 Greek, with a declared local Sinaiticus-form selection at Tobit 6:3–6 applied 2026-10-04. This is an eclectic working book, not a continuous Sinaiticus edition or a newly established critical text. Pinned revision: 0aa3e29d92329a4f9420c88f0fcf20ba48e76757

Chapter and verse numbers follow the available POB edition, including its supplied gaps. Source records are displayed once in their supplied order; missing numbers are not reconstructed.

    Tobit 5:18

    Anna’s tears

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    18But Anna his mother wept and said to Tobit, “Why did you send our child away? Is he not the staff of our hand as he goes in and goes out before us?”

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