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Tob 1:4

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 1:4 · Douay-Rheims
“And when he was younger than any of the tribe of Nephtali, yet did he no childish thing in his work.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Younger. “Very young,” (Haydock) or the youngest of those who administered their own affairs. The parents of Tobias were deceased. (Calmet) — Greek, “when I was young in my country, in the land of Israel, all the tribe,” &c.”
Source
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.