1Kings:17:7-24
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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 the LORD came unto him ,
saying :
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Arise ,
get thee to Zarephath ,
which belongeth to Zidon ,
and dwell there ;
behold ,
I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee .'
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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 thee ,
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 thee ,
a morsel of bread in thy hand .'
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And she said : '
As the LORD thy God liveth ,
I have not a cake ,
only 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 unto her : '
Fear not ;
go and do as thou hast said ;
but make me thereof a little cake first ,
and bring it forth unto me ,
and afterward make for thee and for thy son .
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For thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
The jar of meal shall not be spent ,
neither shall the cruse of oil fail ,
until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land .'
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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 was not spent ,
neither did the cruse of oil fail ,
according to the word of the LORD ,
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 unto Elijah : '
What have I to do with thee ,
O thou man of God ?
art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance ,
and to slay my son ?'
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And he said unto 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 .
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And he cried unto the LORD ,
and said : '
O LORD my God ,
hast Thou 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 unto the LORD ,
and said : '
O LORD my God ,
I pray thee ,
let this child '
s soul come back into him .'
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And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah ;
and the soul of the child came back into him ,
and he revived .
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And Elijah took the child ,
and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house ,
and delivered him unto his mother ;
and Elijah said : '
See ,
thy son liveth .'
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And the woman said to Elijah : '
Now I know that thou art a man of God ,
and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth .'
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