1Kgs 17
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And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As YHWH,
the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these
years, but according to my word.
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And the word of YHWH came to him, saying,
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Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that
is before the Jordan.
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And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens
to feed you there.
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So he went and did according to the word of YHWH; for he went and dwelt by the brook
Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in
the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain
in the land.
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And the word of YHWH came to him, saying,
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Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow there to sustain you.
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So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold,
a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray
you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you,
a morsel of bread in your hand.
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And she said, As YHWH your God lives, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in
the jar, and a little oil in the 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.
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And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said; but make me thereof
a little cake first, and bring it forth to me, and afterward make for you and for
your son.
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For thus says YHWH, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall
the cruse of oil fail, until the day that YHWH sends rain upon the earth.
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And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house,
did eat [many] days.
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The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word
of YHWH, which he spoke by Elijah.
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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.
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And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? you are come
to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
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And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried
him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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And he cried to YHWH, and said, O YHWH my God, have you also brought evil upon the
widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to YHWH, and said,
O YHWH my God, I pray you, let this child`s soul come into him again.
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And YHWH hearkened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him
again, and he revived.
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And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,
and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, your son lives.
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And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word
of YHWH in your mouth is truth.