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Melaḵim Aleph (1 Kings) 17:1-16

Melaḵim Aleph (1 Kings) 17:1-16 TS2009

And Ěliyahu the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gil‛aḏ, said to Aḥaḇ, “As יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.” And the word of יהוה came to him, saying, “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the wadi Kerith, which flows into the Yardĕn. “And it shall be that you drink from the stream, and I shall command the ravens to feed you there.” And he went and did according to the word of יהוה, for he went and dwelt by the wadi Kerith, which flows into the Yardĕn. And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the stream. And it came to be after a while that the stream dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of יהוה came to him, saying, “Rise up, go to Tsarephath, which belongs to Tsiḏon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” And he rose up and went to Tsarephath, and came to the gate of the city and saw a widow there gathering sticks. And he called and said to her, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel to drink.” And as she was going to get it, he called and said to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” And she said, “As יהוה your Elohim lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar. And see, I am gathering a couple of sticks and shall go in and prepare it for myself and my son, and we shall eat it, and die.” And Ěliyah said to her, “Do not fear, go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me. And afterward make some for yourself and your son. “For thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor the jar of oil run dry, until the day יהוה sends rain on the earth.’ ” So she went and did according to the word of Ěliyahu, and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of יהוה which He spoke by Ěliyahu.

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