geneva 1Kings:19:19-21
geneva@1Kings:19:19 @ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: & Eliiah went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him.
geneva@1Kings:19:20 @ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, (note:)Though this natural affection is not to be contemned, yet it should not move us when God calls us to serve him.(:note) Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
geneva@1Kings:19:21 @ And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the (note:)He would not stay till wood was brought, so great was his desire to follow his calling.(:note) instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
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