Category:Tobit

The Book of Tobit

Tobit was the father of Tobiah.

The Book of Tobit, part of the Old Testament, takes its name from the holy man Tobit, whose wonderful virtues are herein recorded. It contains most excellent documents of great piety, extraordinary patience, and of a perfect resignation to the will of God. His humble prayer was heard, and the Angel Raphael was sent to relieve him: he is thankful and praises the Lord, calling on the children of Israel to do the same. Having lived to the age of one hundred and two years, he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety, foretells the destruction of Nineveh and the rebuilding of Jerusalem: he dies happily.

To"bit, n.

Defn: a book of the Old Testament.