1Kings:17:7-24

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* And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up , for there had been no rain in the land . * And the word of Jehovah came to him saying , * Arise , go to Zarephath , which is by Zidon , and abide there : behold , I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee . * And he arose and went to Zarephath ; and when he came to the entrance of the city , behold , a widow woman was there gathering sticks . And he called to her and said , Fetch me , I pray thee , a little water in a vessel , that I may drink . * And she went to fetch [it ], and he called to her and said , Bring me , I pray thee , a morsel of bread in thy hand . * And she said , As Jehovah thy God liveth , I have not a cake , but a 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 . * And Elijah said to her , Fear not ; go , do as thou hast said ; but make me thereof a little cake first ; and bring it to me ; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son . * For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : The meal in the barrel shall not waste , neither shall the oil in the cruse fail , until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth ! * And she went and did according to the word of Elijah ; and she , and he , and her house , ate a whole year . * The meal in the barrel did not waste , neither did the oil in the cruse fail , according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah . * 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 severe that there was no breath left in him . * And she said to Elijah , What have I to do with thee , O thou man of God ? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance , and to slay my son ? * And he said to her , Give me thy son . And he took him out of her bosom , and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode , and laid him upon his own bed . * And he cried to Jehovah and said , Jehovah , my God , hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn , by slaying her son ? * And he stretched himself upon the child three times , and cried to Jehovah and said , Jehovah , my God , I pray thee , let this child 's soul come into him again ! * And Jehovah heard the voice of Elijah , and the soul of the child came into him again , and he lived . * And Elijah took the child , and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house , and delivered him to his mother ; and Elijah said , See , thy son lives . * And the woman said to Elijah , Now by this I know that thou art a man of God , and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth .

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