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And Elijah
the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of
Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel
liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be
dew nor rain these years, but according to my
word.
02 And the word of the Lord came unto him,
saying,
03 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and
hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before
Jordan.
04 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the
brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed
thee there.
05 So he went and did according unto the word of
the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook
Cherith, that is before Jordan.
06 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in
the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening;
and he drank of the brook.
07 And it came to pass after a while, that the
brook dried up, because there had been no rain in
the land.
08 And the word of the Lord came unto him,
saying,
09 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth
to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he
came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow
woman was there gathering of sticks: and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to
her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of
bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I
have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a
barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold,
I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it,
and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do
as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little
cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make
for thee and for thy son.
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14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The
barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the
cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord
sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying
of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did
eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did
the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of
the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after these things, that
the son of the woman, the mistress of the house,
fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that
there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do
with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto
me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my
son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he
took him out of her bosom, and carried him up
into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon
his own bed.
20 And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord
my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the
widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three
times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord
my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come
into him again.
22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and
the soul of the child came into him again, and he
revived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him
down out of the chamber into the house, and
delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said,
See, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I
know that thou art a man of God, and that the
word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
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