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 8:1[a] Greek: 'they brought Tobiah to her.' The Semitic parallel tradition expands the scene with details about preparing the room and the couple entering it together before the door is shut.
• Tobit 8:1[b] Traditional English versions often use 'Tobias' here; the Greek name is rendered with the transliterated form 'Tobiah.'
• Tobit 8:2[a] Or 'as he was going.' The Greek participle can be rendered more generally, but the immediate context and the parallel Semitic tradition support the sense of entering the room.
• Tobit 8:3[a] Or 'to the farthest regions of Egypt'; the phrase may also be understood geographically as 'to Upper Egypt.'
• Tobit 8:4[a] Or, more literally, 'had been enclosed together.' The phrase refers to the couple being shut in together in the room.
• Tobit 8:4[b] 'Sister' is the Greek form of address here, reflecting kinship-style language used for his bride in this narrative context.
• Tobit 8:5[a] Or 'all your creation.' The Greek phrase can refer broadly to everything God has made, not only living beings.
• Tobit 8:6[a] Or “the human race.” The Greek says “the seed of mankind,” preserving the imagery of offspring or descent.
• Tobit 8:6[b] This line echoes Genesis 2:18.
• Tobit 8:7[a] "This my sister" reflects the book's kinship language for a close female relative who is also a lawful marriage partner; alternatively, "this sister of mine" or interpretively "my kinswoman."
• Tobit 8:7[b] Or "Command that you have mercy on me and on her, and that we may grow old together." The Greek links "have mercy" and "grow old together" under the same petition.
• Tobit 8:8[a] Or “And she said, together with him, ‘Amen.’” The Greek phrase indicates that she joined him in this response.
• Tobit 8:9[a] Literally, 'And both slept the night.' The Greek idiom likely means they slept through the night.
• Tobit 8:10[a] Or, more literally, “lest perhaps he too die.” The Greek expresses Raguel’s fear that Tobias might die like the previous bridegrooms.
• Tobit 8:11[a] Or 'his own house.' The Greek reflexive ἑαυτοῦ can be rendered more explicitly, but the shorter English phrasing is more natural here.
• Tobit 8:12[a] Greek reads 'let them see,' with a plural verb, even though Edna has just said 'Send one of the servant girls.' The translation preserves this wording rather than smoothing it to singular.
• Tobit 8:13[a] Or 'the servant girl entered, having opened the door.' The Greek participle ἀνοίξασα expresses action preceding the main verb.
• Tobit 8:15[a] Greek literally, 'that he lives' or 'that he is alive.'
• Tobit 8:15[b] The subject 'he' is implicit in the Greek verb and is supplied from the context as Tobias.
• Tobit 8:16[a] Or 'your saints' for 'your holy ones.'
• Tobit 8:16[b] Or 'all your creation' for 'all your creatures.'
• Tobit 8:16[c] Or 'your elect' for 'your chosen ones.'
• Tobit 8:17[a] Or 'it did not happen to me as I supposed.' The Greek verb can express suspicion or supposition; the context suggests anxious expectation.
• Tobit 8:17[b] 'Two only children' means that each of the couple was an only child in his or her family.
• Tobit 8:17[c] Or 'bring their lives to completion' or 'grant that they may complete their life.' The Greek uses a collective singular 'life.'
• Tobit 8:19[a] Or 'And he celebrated a wedding for them for fourteen days.' The Greek γάμος can denote either the wedding itself or the wedding feast/celebration.
• Tobit 8:20[a] Or, 'with an oath.' The Greek adverb indicates that Raguel bound the instruction by oath.
• Tobit 8:21[a] Greek literally, 'to the father'; the context of direct address supports 'to your father.'
• Tobit 8:21[b] The final clause is compressed in Greek: literally, 'and the rest whenever I die and my wife.' The sense is that the remainder is to be given after both spouses have died.