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1 Kings 17:8-15

1 Kings 17:8-15 YLT98

and the word of JEHOVAH is unto him, saying, ‘Rise, go to Zarephath, that [is] to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.’ And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, ‘Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.’ And she goeth to bring [it], and he calleth unto her and saith, ‘Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.’ And she saith, ‘JEHOVAH thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it — and died.’ And Elijah saith unto her, ‘Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make — last; for thus said JEHOVAH, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of JEHOVAH's giving a shower on the face of the ground.’ And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household — days

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