¶Tobias then answered and said, “Father, I will do all things which you have commanded me;

but how can I receive the money, since I do not know him?”

Then he gave him the handwriting, and said to him, “Seek a man to go with you, while I yet live, and I will give him wages; then go and receive the money.”

Therefore, when he went to seek a man, he found Raphael who was an angel,

but he did not know it; and so he said to him, “Can you go with me to Rages? And do you know those places well?”

The angel said to him, “I will go with you, and I know the way well, for I have stayed with our brother Gabael.”

Then Tobias said to him, “Wait for me, while I tell my father.”

Then he said to him, “Go and do not delay.” So he went in and said to his father, “See now, I have found one who will go with me.” Then he said, “Call him to me, so that I may learn what tribe he is from and whether he is a trustworthy man to go with you.”

¶So he called him, and he came in, and they greeted one another.

Then Tobit said to him, “Brother, tell me what tribe and family you are from.”

He said to him, “Do you seek for a tribe or family, or for a hired man to go with your son?” Then Tobit said to him, “I would know, brother, your kindred and name.”

Then he said, “I am Azariah, the son of Ananiah the great and of your brethren.”