1 Kings 17:9-15 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there,––Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there,––Lo! I have commanded, there, a widow woman, to sustain thee. ¹⁰ So he arose and went to Zarephath, and, when he came to the entrance of the city, lo! there, a widow woman gathering sticks,––and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. ¹¹ And, as she went to fetch it, he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread, in thy hand. ¹² And she said––By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse,––and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat it––and die! ¹³ And Elijah said unto her––Do not fear, go in––make ready according to thy word,––howbeit, make me thereof a little cake, first, and bring it out to me, and, for thyself and thy son, make ready, afterwards. ¹⁴ For, thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, The jar of meal, shall not waste, and, the cruse of oil, shall not fail,––until the day that Yahweh giveth rain upon the face of the ground. ¹⁵ So she went and made ready, according to the word of Elijah,––and did eat, she, and he, and her house, [certain] days: