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Ravens Feed Elijah
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
Elijah Fed by Ravens
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.
Then the word of the Lord came to him:
The Widow of Zarephath
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman 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.
As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
And she went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread — only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it — and die.”
And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a 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.
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ”
For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!
She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah.
Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
Elijah Raises the Widow's Son
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 severe that there was no breath left in him.
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 severe that there was no breath left in him.
She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son?
“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
And he said to 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.
Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”
And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again!
The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
And Jehovah heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he lived.
Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
And 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, thy son lives.