son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. 017:001 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 017:002 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 017:003 Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 017:004 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 017:005 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 017:006 The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 017:007 It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. 017:008 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 017:009 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 017:010 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, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 017:011 As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 017:012 She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 017:013 Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me, and afterward make for you and for your son. 017:014 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth. 017:015 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days. 017:016 The jar of meal didn't empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah. 017:017 It happened 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. 017:018 She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son! 017:019 He said to her, Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him on his own bed.