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It fell on a day ,
that Elisha passed to Shunem ,
where there was a prominent woman ;
and she persuaded him to eat bread .
So it was ,
that as often as he passed by ,
he turned in there to eat bread .
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She said to her husband , "
See now ,
I perceive that this is a holy man of God ,
that passes by us continually .
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Please let us make a little room on the wall .
Let us set for him there a bed ,
a table ,
a chair ,
and a lamp stand .
It shall be ,
when he comes to us ,
that he shall turn in there ."
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One day he came there ,
and he turned into the room and lay there .
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He said to Gehazi his servant , "
Call this Shunammite ."
When he had called her ,
she stood before him .
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He said to him , "
Say now to her , '
Behold ,
you have cared for us with all this care .
What is to be done for you ?
Would you like to be spoken for to the king ,
or to the captain of the army ?'"
She answered , "
I dwell among my own people ."
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He said , "
What then is to be done for her ?"
Gehazi answered , "
Most certainly she has no son ,
and her husband is old ."
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He said , "
Call her ."
When he had called her ,
she stood in the door .
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He said , "
At this season ,
when the time comes around ,
you will embrace a son ."
She said , "
No ,
my lord ,
you man of God ,
do not lie to your handmaid ."
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The woman conceived ,
and bore a son at that season ,
when the time came around ,
as Elisha had said to her .
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When the child was grown ,
it happened one day that he went out to his father to the reapers .
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He said to his father , "
My head !
My head !"
He said to his servant , "
Carry him to his mother ."
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When he had taken him ,
and brought him to his mother ,
he sat on her knees until noon ,
and then died .
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She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God ,
and shut the door on him ,
and went out .
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She called to her husband ,
and said , "
Please send me one of the servants ,
and one of the donkeys ,
that I may run to the man of God ,
and come again ."
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He said , "
Why would you want go to him today ?
It is neither new moon nor Sabbath ."
She said , "
It '
s alright ."
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Then she saddled a donkey ,
and said to her servant , "
Drive ,
and go forward !
Don '
t slow down for me ,
unless I ask you to ."
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So she went ,
and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel .
It happened ,
when the man of God saw her afar off ,
that he said to Gehazi his servant , "
Behold ,
there is the Shunammite .
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Please run now to meet her ,
and ask her , '
Is it well with you ?
Is it well with your husband ?
Is it well with the child ?'"
She answered , "
It is well ."
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When she came to the man of God to the hill ,
she caught hold of his feet .
Gehazi came near to thrust her away ;
but the man of God said , "
Leave her alone ;
for her soul is troubled within her ;
and Yahweh has hidden it from me ,
and has not told me ."
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Then she said , "
Did I desire a son of my lord ?
Didn '
t I say ,
Do not deceive me ?"
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Then he said to Gehazi , "
Tuck your cloak into your belt ,
take my staff in your hand ,
and go your way .
If you meet any man ,
don '
t greet him ;
and if anyone greets you ,
don '
t answer him again .
Then lay my staff on the face of the child ."
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The mother of the child said , "
As Yahweh lives ,
and as your soul lives ,
I will not leave you ."
He arose ,
and followed her .
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Gehazi passed on before them ,
and laid the staff on the face of the child ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor hearing .
Therefore he returned to meet him ,
and told him ,
saying , "
The child has not awakened ."
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When Elisha had come into the house ,
behold ,
the child was dead ,
and laid on his bed .
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He went in therefore ,
and shut the door on them both ,
and prayed to Yahweh .
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He went up ,
and lay on the child ,
and put his mouth on his mouth ,
and his eyes on his eyes ,
and his hands on his hands .
He stretched himself on him ;
and the flesh of the child grew warm .
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Then he returned ,
and walked in the house once back and forth ;
and went up ,
and stretched himself on him .
Then the child sneezed seven times ,
and the child opened his eyes .
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He called Gehazi ,
and said , "
Call this Shunammite !"
So he called her .
When she had come in to him ,
he said , "
Take up your son ."
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Then she went in ,
and fell at his feet ,
and bowed herself to the ground ;
and she took up her son ,
and went out .