George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Tribe. Greek, “brethren indigent, and who remembers God.” (Haydock) — All had not given way to idolatry. (Worthington)”
The interpretation timeline
Tob 2:2
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 2:2 · Douay-Rheims
“He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.”
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.