The interpretation timeline

Tob 7:1

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

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 7:1 · Douay-Rheims

“And they went in to Raguel, and Raguel received them with joy.”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1849

A.D.

George Leo Haydock Catholic

1774–1849

“Joy; though as yet he only took them for Israelites. (Menochius) — Greek, “And they came to the house of Raguel. But Sara met them, and saluted them, as they did her, and she introduced them into the house.””

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.