1 Tobias replied, “Father, I will do everything you have told me.
2 But how can I possibly get the money? I don't know Gabael, and he doesn't know me! What can I do to prove I am your son, so he will let me have the money? And I don't even know the way to Media.”
3 I answered, “Twenty years ago Gabael and I signed an agreement that we cut in half. I kept one half and left the other with the coins. Find someone you can trust, and we will hire him to travel there and back with you. But be sure to get that money!”
4 Tobias left to look for someone who knew the way and would go there with him. Suddenly God's angel Raphael was standing in front of him, but Tobias did not know he was an angel.
5 Tobias asked, “Who are you?”He answered, “I am an Israelite, just like you, and I have come here, looking for work.”Tobias asked, “Do you know the way to the country of Media?”
6 “Of course!” he replied. “I've been there many times, and I know all the roads. I always stay with our relative Gabael in Rages, which is in the mountains. It takes about two days to get there from Ecbatana in the valley.”