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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 ."
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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 .
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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 .'"
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And she went and did as Eli '
jah said ;
and she ,
and he ,
and her household ate for many days .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 !"
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And he said to her , "
Give me your son ."
And he took him from her bosom ,
and carried him up into the upper chamber ,
where he lodged ,
and laid him upon his own bed .
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And he cried to the LORD , "
O LORD my God ,
hast thou brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn ,
by slaying her son ?"
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Then he stretched himself upon the child three times ,
and cried to the LORD , "
O LORD my God ,
let this child '
s soul come into him again ."
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And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Eli '
jah ;
and the soul of the child came into him again ,
and he revived .
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And Eli '
jah took the child ,
and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house ,
and delivered him to his mother ;
and Eli '
jah said , "
See ,
your son lives ."
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And the woman said to Eli '
jah , "
Now I know that you are a man of God ,
and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth ."