Child [Tobias] went with the angel, and the dog followed behind. They walked two, and when came the first night they camped along the Tigris. The child came down the river to wash his feet, when a big fish leaped from the water and almost swallow him up. The boy screamed, and the angel said to him: "Catch the fish, and do not let go!" The boy came to the end of the fish and pulled him to shore. The angel said: "Open it, remove the gall, heart and liver; put them aside and throw the entrails, because the gall, heart and liver make useful medicines. "The young man opened the fish, remove the gall , heart and liver. He fried some fish for his meal, and he kept the salt. They then marched on together to near Media.
Tobias 6, 2-6.
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| Claude Lorrain, Tobias and the Angel, 1663. St. Petersburg, the Hermitage Museum. |
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