“Meanwhile, around the crowing of the rooster, Raguel, fearing that Tobias might have been killed by the demon, dug a grave with his servants; but when he soon learned of his safety, he ordered the grave to be filled again. The crowing of the rooster is the sound of the preachers, who, when they were proclaiming to the…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Tobit
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12He said unto his wife Edna. Send one of the maids, and let her see whether he be alive: if he be not, that we may bury him, and no man know it.
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In context
10Saying, I fear lest he also be dead.
11But when Raguel was come into his house,
— Tobit 8:12 —
13So the maid opened the door, and went in, and found them both asleep,
14And came forth, and told them that he was alive.