1Kings:17

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* And Elijah the Tishbite , of the sojourners of Gilead , said to Ahab , [As ] the LORD God of Israel lives , before whom I stand , there shall not be dew nor rain these years , except according to my word . * And the word of the LORD came to him , saying , * Go away from here and turn eastward , and hide yourself by the brook Cherith , before Jordan . * And it shall be , you shall drink of the brook . And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there . * So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . For he went and lived by the torrent Cherith , before Jordan . * And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning , and bread and flesh in the evening ; and he drank of the torrent . * And it happened after a while , the torrent dried up , because there had been no rain in the land . * And the word of the LORD came to him , saying , * Arise , go to Zarephath which [belongs ] to Sidon , and live there . Behold , I have commanded a widow to keep you there . * And he arose and went to Zarephath , and came in to the entrance of the city , and , behold , the widow was gathering sticks . And he called to her and said , Please , bring me a little water in a vessel so that I may drink . * And as she was going to bring [it ], he called to her and said , Please , bring me a piece of bread in your hand . * And she said , [As ] the LORD your God lives , I do not have a cake , but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar . And behold , I [am ] gathering two sticks , so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son , so that we may eat it and die . * And Elijah said to her , Do not fear , go . Do as you have said . But first make me a little cake of it , and bring [it ] to me . And then make for you and for your son . * For so says the LORD God of Israel , The pitcher of meal shall not be emptied , nor shall the jar of oil fail , until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth . * And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah . And she and he and her house ate [many ] days ; * the pitcher of meal was not consumed , and the jar of oil did not fail , according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah . * And it happened after these things 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 do I have to do with you , O man of God ? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to kill my son ? * And he said to her , Give me your son . And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft , where he stayed , and laid him on his own bed . * And he cried to the LORD , and said , O LORD my God , have You also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying , by slaying her son ? * And he stretched himself on the child three times , and cried to the LORD , and said , O LORD my God , please let this child 's soul come to him again . * And the LORD 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 out of the room into the house and delivered him to his mother . And Elijah said , See ! Your son lives ! * And the woman said to Elijah , Now I know this , that you [are ] a man of God , and that the word of the LORD in your mouth [is ] truth .

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