Tobit 5:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Tobias said to him, “Where are you from, young man?”

He said to Tobias, “I am one of the Israelites, your relatives. I have come here to find work.”

Tobias said to him, “Do you know the way to Media?”

⁶ He replied, “Yes, I have been there many times; I’m familiar with all the roads and know them well. Often I have gone to Media and have spent the night with Gabael, our relative, who lives in Ecbatana^[a] of Media. It is a good two days’ journey from Ecbatana to Rages,^[b] because it is located in a mountainous area while Ecbatana lies in the midst of a plain.”

⁷ Tobias said to him, “Wait here for me, young man, until I go and report this to my father, because I need you to go with me, and I’ll pay your wages.”