“Tobias gave ten talents of silver to Gabael, his needy compatriot, under a bond. And the people of God entrusted the knowledge of divine law, which is contained in the Decalogue, to the Gentiles through the Seventy Interpreters, so that through this they might free them from the poverty of unbelief. He gave it under a…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
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14And I went into Media, and left in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias, at Rages a city of Media ten talents of silver.
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In context
12Because I remembered God with all my heart.
13And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar, so that I was his purveyor.
— Tobit 1:14 —
15Now when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his stead; whose estate was troubled, that I could not go into Media.
16And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brethren, and gave my bread to the hungry,