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and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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: ‘Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: ‘Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And she said: ‘As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; 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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Elijah said unto her: ‘Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And she said unto Elijah: ‘What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he said unto her: ‘Give me thy son.’ And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he cried unto the LORD, and said: ‘O LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said: ‘O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come back into him.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: ‘See, thy son liveth.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the woman said to Elijah: ‘Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.’</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_kings/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>