Tobit 11:11
“And tooke hold of his father, and he strake of the gall on his fathers eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.”
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Tobit 11:11 Context
9Then Anna ran forth, and fell vpon the necke of her sonne, and said vnto him, seeing I haue seene thee my sonne, from henceforth, I am content to die, and they wept both. 10Tobit also went forth toward the doore, and stumbled: but his sonne ran vnto him, 11And tooke hold of his father, and he strake of the gall on his fathers eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father. 12And when his eyes beganne to smart, he rubbed them. 13And the whitenesse pilled away from the corners of his eyes, and when he saw his sonne, he fell vpon his necke.
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And took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers' eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
- King James Version
And he took hold of his father and struck his fathers' eyes with the gall, saying, "Be of good hope, my father."
- World English Bible