4 But his wife said to him, “The child has perished, seeing he waits long.” She began to bewail him, and said, (WEB) 5 “I care about nothing, my child, since I have let you go, the light of my eyes.” (WEB) 6 Tobit said to her, “Hold your peace. Don’t worry. He is in good health.” (WEB)
Tobit 10:4–6
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Tobit 5:19–21
19 For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us.” (WEB) 20 Tobit said to her, “Don’t worry, my sister. He will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him. (WEB) 21 For a good angel will go with him. His journey will be prospered, and he will return safe and sound.” (WEB)
Genesis 44:21–23
21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’ 22 So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’ 23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down wit…
Book of Jubilees 27:4–6
4 And Jacob said: 'I am not afraid; if he wishes to kill me, I will kill him.' (JUB) 5 But she said unto him: 'Let me not be bereft of both my sons on one day.' (JUB) 6 And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother: 'Behold, thou knowest that my father has become old, and does not see be… (JUB)
2 Esdras 2:3–5
3 I brought you up with gladness, and I have lost you with sorrow and heaviness, for you have sinned before the Lord God, and done that which is evil before me. (WEB) 4 But now what can I do for you? For I am a widow and forsaken. Go your way, my children, and ask for m… (WEB)
Genesis 44:33–34
33 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Numbers 12:11–13
11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed. 12 Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.” 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, pl…
Testament of Naphtali 2:20–22
20 Then my father saith unto me: I believe God that Joseph liveth, for I see always that the Lord numbereth him with you. (T12) 21 And he said, weeping: Ah me, my son Joseph, thou livest, though I behold thee not, and thou seest not Jacob that begat thee. (T12) 22 He caused me also… (T12)
Tobit 3:8–10
8 because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the… (WEB)
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