rsv 1Kings:17:1-18
rsv@1Kings:17:1 @ Now Eli'jah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
rsv@1Kings:17:2 @ And the word of the LORD came to him,
rsv@1Kings:17:3 @ "Depart from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan.
rsv@1Kings:17:4 @ You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
rsv@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
rsv@1Kings:17:6 @ And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
rsv@1Kings:17:7 @ And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
rsv@1Kings:17:8 @ Then the word of the LORD came to him,
rsv@1Kings:17:9 @ "Arise, go to Zar'ephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."
rsv@1Kings:17:10 @ So he arose and went to Zar'ephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
rsv@1Kings:17:11 @ And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
rsv@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruse; and now, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die."
rsv@1Kings:17:13 @ And Eli'jah said to her, "Fear not; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make for yourself and your son.
rsv@1Kings:17:14 @ For thus says the LORD the God of Israel, `The jar of meal shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'"
rsv@1Kings:17:15 @ And she went and did as Eli'jah said; and she, and he, and her household ate for many days.
rsv@1Kings:17:16 @ The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Eli'jah.
rsv@1Kings:17:17 @ After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
rsv@1Kings:17:18 @ And she said to Eli'jah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!"