Anael (Book of Tobit)

Anael is a brother of Tobit in the Book of Tobit, mentioned in Chapter 1 verse 21 of the Greek version.[1]

The verse corresponds to verse 24 in the Latin version (called Tobias), but the Latin version does not mention Anael.

The name means "God has answered" (ענהאל).

References

  1. ^ "Book of Tobit, chapter 1, verse 21". And there passed not five and fifty days, before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararath; and Sarchedonus his son reigned in his stead; who appointed over his father's accounts, and over all his affairs, Achiacharus my brother Anael's son.
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