George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Ninive, called Ninus by Pliny, &c. (Menochius) — It was so large, as easily to receive a whole tribe, which was sold for slaves. (Calmet)”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 1:11
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 1:11 · Douay-Rheims
“And when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of Ninive,”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.