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10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of
the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called
to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water and a morsel of
bread.
12 And she said, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel,
and a little oil in a cruse; and I am gathering sticks, that I may
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said:
but make me thereof a little cake first, and after make for thee and
for thy son.
14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord
sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she,
and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail.
17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman
fell sick; and there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man
of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to
slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he carried him up and
laid him upon his own bed.
20 And he cried unto the Lord and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow by slaying her son?
21 And be 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 into him again.
22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child and delivered him unto his mother, and
said, See, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said, Now I know that thou art a man of God.
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