Holy Scripture
Tobit 11:13
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“And receiving him, he kissed him with his wife, weeping for joy. Judaea, in the end, joyfully receiving the union with Christ, joined weeping to its joy: rejoicing because it believes; grieving because it came to the Lord so late.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
13and the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck.
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11and took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his father’s eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
12And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them;
— Tobit 11:13 —
14And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name forever; and blessed are all thy holy angels:
15for thou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for, behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.