So Tobiyyah went forth to seek a man to go with him to Media, and he found Raphael, an angel of the Lord, standing over against him, but Tobiyyah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord of hosts.
Then the angel said to Tobiyyah, From whence art thou, young man? And Tobiyyah answered and said, I am of the children of Israel. Then Tobiyyah said, My lord, knowest thou how to go with me to Media. And the angel said, Yea, I know all the ways, and in Media I have been a guest in the house of our brother Gabael, who dwelleth at Rages, a city of Media, and it is a two days’ journey from Agbatanis to Rages, and Rages is built on a mountain, but Agbatanis is built on the plain. Then Tobiyyah said to him, Stay of thy kindness a moment, and I will go and declare the matter to my father, for I desire greatly that thou shouldest go with me, and I will give thee the wages of the journey. And he said to him, Go in haste, for behold I wait until thou comest back to me, and tarry not.