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

· Greek

Source edition: POB working Tobit edition; Swete 1909 Greek anchor with a declared local Sinaiticus-form selection at 6:3–6. 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 2:1[a] Or 'the Feast of Weeks.' The Greek says 'Pentecost' and immediately explains it as 'the holy feast of seven weeks.'
• Tobit 2:1[b] The Greek literally says 'I reclined to eat,' reflecting the ancient custom of reclining at table.
• Tobit 2:1[c] The parallel Semitic tradition for this verse is fuller, adding Tobiah's being sent to invite a poor kinsman to the meal; that material is not present in the shorter Greek wording translated here.
• Tobit 2:2[a] Or “many dishes” or “much meat”; the Greek term refers to prepared food served with a meal.
• Tobit 2:2[b] “Our brothers” here means fellow members of Tobit’s people, not only literal siblings.
• Tobit 2:2[c] The closing words are awkward in the Greek manuscript tradition; the sense is that Tobit remains behind waiting for his son to return.
• Tobit 2:3[a] Or “one of our kin.” The Greek says “one from our γένος,” which can refer to family, kin-group, or one’s own people.
• Tobit 2:5[a] The Greek says 'washed myself.' In context this likely refers to washing after corpse impurity; the parallel Semitic tradition makes the purity setting more explicit.
• Tobit 2:5[b] Or 'my meal.' The Greek literally reads 'my bread,' which can also mean food more generally.
• Tobit 2:6[a] The quoted line echoes Amos 8:10 in the Septuagint tradition.
• Tobit 2:7[a] Literally, 'having dug, I buried him.' The object 'a grave' is implied by the burial context and made explicit in English for clarity.
• Tobit 2:8[a] Other textual traditions of Tobit differ substantially here. The indirect Hebrew back-translation has Hannah speaking about Tobit's acts of kindness and righteousness not helping him in his distress and disgrace, rather than neighbors mocking his burial of the dead.
• Tobit 2:9[a] Or 'unclean.' The Greek describes ritual defilement after burial, not necessarily moral impurity.
• Tobit 2:10[a] Or 'small birds'; the Greek στρουθία can refer more generally to small birds, though 'sparrows' is the most likely sense.
• Tobit 2:10[b] The Greek says 'white films' or 'white opacities' formed on his eyes; this is often understood as a cataract-like condition, but the text itself does not give a precise medical diagnosis.
• Tobit 2:11[a] Or 'in women's work'; the Greek phrase may refer generally to work customarily done by women rather than to a physical location.
• Tobit 2:12[a] Or 'masters.' The Greek says 'lords/masters' (κυρίοις), here referring to those for whom she worked.
• Tobit 2:13[a] Greek ἔριφον can also be rendered 'kid,' that is, a young goat.
• Tobit 2:14[a] Or “along with my wages” / “as part of my wages.” The Greek phrase can indicate something given in connection with her pay; the context suggests she claims it was an extra gift rather than stolen property.
• Tobit 2:14[b] Greek “masters” (κυρίοις); here rendered “owners” because the context concerns returning disputed property to those who possessed it.
• Tobit 2:14[c] The Greek literally refers to blushing or reddening; the sense in context is shame or embarrassment.
• Tobit 2:14[d] Or “your almsgivings and your acts of righteousness.”