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| 1Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so." | 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” |
| 2Later, this message came to him from the LORD: | 2And the word of the LORD came to him: |
| 3"Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. | 3“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. |
| 4You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there." | 4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” |
| 5So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. | 5So he went and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. |
| 6Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. | 6And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. |
| 7But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. | 7And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. |
| 8Then this message came to him from the LORD: | 8Then the word of the LORD came to him, |
| 9"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there." | 9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” |
| 10So he got up and went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance to the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he asked her, "Please, may I have some water in a cup so I can have a drink." | 10So 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, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” |
| 11While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, "Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?" | 11And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” |
| 12"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die." | 12And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” |
| 13But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son, | 13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. |
| 14because this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'That jar of flour will not run out, nor will that bottle of oil become empty until the very day that the LORD sends rain on the surface of the ground.'" | 14For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’” |
| 15So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days. | 15And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. |
| 16The jar of flour never ran out and the bottle of oil never became empty, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah. | 16The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah. |
| 17Sometime later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. In fact, his illness became so severe that he died. | 17After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. |
| 18"What do we have in common, you man of God?" she accused Elijah. "You came to me so you could uncover my guilt! And you're responsible for the death of my son!" | 18And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” |
| 19"Give me your son," he replied. Then he took him from her lap, carried him upstairs to the room where he lived, and laid him on his bed. | 19And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. |
| 20Then he called out to the LORD and asked him, "LORD my God, have you also brought evil to this dear widow with whom I am living as her guest? Have you caused the death of her son?" | 20And he cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” |
| 21Then he stretched himself three times and cried out to the LORD, "LORD my God, please cause the soul of this little boy to return to him." | 21Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this child’s life come into him again.” |
| 22The LORD listened to Elijah, and the soul of the little boy returned to him, and he revived. | 22And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. |
| 23Then Elijah took the little boy downstairs from the upper chamber back into the main house and delivered him to his mother. "Look," Elijah told her, "your son is alive." | 23And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.” |
| 24The woman responded to Elijah, "Now at last I've really learned that you are a man of God and that what you have to say about the LORD is the truth." | 24And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.” |
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