MLV(i)
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the travelers of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 3 You get from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 4 And it will be, that you will drink of the brook and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
5 So he went and did according to the word of Jehovah, for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening and he drank of the brook. 7 And it happened after a while, that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.
8 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 9 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 10 So 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, I beseech you, fetch me a little water in a vessel that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, I beseech you, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.
12 And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in the pitcher and a little oil in the jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it and die.
13 And Elijah said to her, Do not fear, go and do as you have said. But make me of it a little cake first and bring it forth to me and afterward make for you and for your son. 14 For Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, The pitcher of meal will not be used up, neither will the jar of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sends rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she and he and her house, ate many days. 16 The pitcher of meal was not used up, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by Elijah.
17 And it happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son!
19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he abode and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried to Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, have you also brought evil upon the widow with whom I journey by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, I beseech you, let this child's soul come into him again.
22 And Jehovah listened to the voice of Elijah and the soul of the child came into him again and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives. 24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.
2 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 3 You get from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 4 And it will be, that you will drink of the brook and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
5 So he went and did according to the word of Jehovah, for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening and he drank of the brook. 7 And it happened after a while, that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.
8 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 9 Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 10 So 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, I beseech you, fetch me a little water in a vessel that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, I beseech you, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.
12 And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in the pitcher and a little oil in the jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it and die.
13 And Elijah said to her, Do not fear, go and do as you have said. But make me of it a little cake first and bring it forth to me and afterward make for you and for your son. 14 For Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, The pitcher of meal will not be used up, neither will the jar of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sends rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah. And she and he and her house, ate many days. 16 The pitcher of meal was not used up, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by Elijah.
17 And it happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son!
19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he abode and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried to Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, have you also brought evil upon the widow with whom I journey by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, I beseech you, let this child's soul come into him again.
22 And Jehovah listened to the voice of Elijah and the soul of the child came into him again and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives. 24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.