2 I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you.” (WEB) 3 Then he came, and said, “Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace.” (WEB) 4 Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set. (WEB)
Tobit 2:2–4
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