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 11:1[a] Greek: 'because he prospered his way,' an idiom meaning that God gave success to his journey.
• Tobit 11:1[b] The final clause is awkward in Greek. It likely means 'until they came near to Nineveh'; some could construe it as 'until he came near to Nineveh.'
• Tobit 11:2[a] Or, “Do you not remember in what condition you left your father?” The Semitic parallel tradition makes the father's blindness explicit, but the Greek text states it more briefly.
• Tobit 11:3[a] Greek: 'your wife.' Some contextual expectations in the wider story might lead readers to expect reference to another family member, but the extant Greek witness here reads 'your wife,' and the translation follows that source text.
• Tobit 11:4[a] Or, 'the fish’s bile.' The Greek χολή can denote gall or bile; 'gall' is retained as the main text rendering.
• Tobit 11:4[b] The parallel Semitic-form tradition for this scene is much fuller and focuses on Tobiah applying the fish’s gall to his father’s eyes; the shorter Greek wording here is followed for the main text.
• Tobit 11:5[a] Greek literally, 'watching the road, her son,' a compressed expression meaning that she was watching the road for her son's return.
• Tobit 11:6[a] Greek literally, 'she perceived him coming.' The sense in context is that she recognized him as he approached.
• Tobit 11:7[a] Or, 'your father will regain his sight.' The Greek literally says, 'will open his eyes,' an idiom for the restoration of sight.
• Tobit 11:8[a] Or 'bile.' The Greek word denotes gall/bile, here used as a medicinal substance.
• Tobit 11:8[b] The Greek says 'when it bites,' using vivid bodily language for the stinging effect on the eyes.
• Tobit 11:8[c] Or 'the white spots' or 'white patches'; the term refers to whitish eye opacities, not necessarily cataracts in the modern medical sense.
• Tobit 11:9[a] Greek literally, 'fell on the neck of her son,' an idiom for an emotional embrace.
• Tobit 11:10[a] Or, more literally, “From now on I will die,” an idiom expressing that the speaker's longing has been fulfilled and she is ready to die in peace.
• Tobit 11:12[a] Greek literally, 'Take courage, father.' English could also be rendered 'Take heart, father.'
• Tobit 11:12[b] The Greek clause says 'when they had come together'; it may be understood as their meeting or reunion.
• Tobit 11:13[a] Or, more idiomatically, 'he threw himself around his neck'—a conventional expression for an emotional embrace.
• Tobit 11:14[a] Greek literally, 'into the ages'; the idiom means 'forever.'
• Tobit 11:15[a] Or 'you afflicted me' or 'you scourged me'; the Greek verb can denote severe striking or chastisement.
• Tobit 11:16[a] Greek: 'his νύμφη'; this term can mean either 'bride' or 'daughter-in-law.' In context it refers to Sarah as Tobit's daughter-in-law.
• Tobit 11:16[b] The Greek name form here is 'Tōbeias,' but the context indicates the elder Tobit, since the crowd marvels that he can now see.
• Tobit 11:17[a] The Greek text ends abruptly with 'and your father and your mother.' Some readers may understand an implied continuation such as 'and [blessed are] your father and your mother,' but the verb is not stated in this witness.
• Tobit 11:18[a] Or 'his relatives' or 'his kindred'; Greek 'his brothers' can refer more broadly to kin.
• Tobit 11:18[b] The Greek text ends this verse with 'and Nasbas his cousin,' continuing directly into the next verse.