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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 the Lord came to him:
“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
So 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.
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 meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
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 after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Then the word of the Lord came to him:
The Widow of Zarephath
Then the word of the Lord came to him,
Then the word of the Lord came to him,
“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 belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
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?”
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, “Bring me 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 as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your 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 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.”
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, “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.
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 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.’”
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 as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
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 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.
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
After 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.
After 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.
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 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!”
“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 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.
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 the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing 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!”
The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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, your son lives.”