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.”
7 Tobias said, “I want to hire you to go to Media with me. Please wait here until I tell my father.”
8 “All right,” he answered. “I'll wait, but don't take too long.”
9 When Tobias returned home, he said to me, “Father, I have found an Israelite, and he is one of our relatives!”“Ask him to come here,” I replied. “I want to know something about his family and tribe, so I can decide if he can be trusted to go with you to Rages.”
10 Tobias invited the young man to come in and meet me, and I immediately greeted him. The young man replied, “Sir, I hope all goes well for you.”“How can anything go well for me?” I answered. “I am as blind as a dead man in the dark! In fact, I may as well be dead, because I hear people, but I can't see them.”The young man told me, “Cheer up! God will soon heal you.”Then I said, “My son Tobias wants to go to Media. And I will pay you, if you can go along and show him the way.”He replied, “Yes, I can. I've been there many times, and I know all the roads through the valleys and across the mountains.”
11 Then I said, “Tell me, my friend, what family and tribe are you from?”