George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Went. Greek, “leaped up.” — A. Greek, “my good….man. And hearing that Tobit had lost his sight, he was grieved, and wept.””
The interpretation timeline
Tob 7:7
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Tob 7:7 · Douay-Rheims
“And Raguel went to him, and kissed him with tears, and weeping upon his neck, said: A blessing be upon thee, my son, because thou art the son of a good and most virtuous man.”
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.