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1 Kings 17:8-16

1 Kings 17:8-16 FBV

Then the Lord told Elijah, “Leave here and go to Zarephath near Sidon and stay there. I have given instructions to a widow there to provide you with food.” So he left for Zarephath. When he arrived at the entrance to the town, he saw a woman, a widow, gathering sticks. He called her over and asked her, “Could you bring me a little water in a cup so I can have a drink?” As she was going to get it, he called after her and said, “Oh, and please bring me a piece of bread.” She replied, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour is left in a jar and a little bit of olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a few sticks so I can go and cook what's left for myself and my son so we can eat it, and then we'll die.” Elijah said to her, “Don't be afraid. Go home and do what you said. But first make me a small loaf of bread from what you have and bring it to me. Then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not become empty and the jug of olive oil will not run out until the day the Lord sends rain to water the ground.’” She went and did as Elijah had told her, and Elijah, the widow, and her household were able to eat for many days. The jar of flour did not become empty and the jug of olive oil did not run out, just as the Lord had said through Elijah.

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