11:017:006 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh
in the morning, and
bread
and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
11:017:007 And it came to pass after a while, that
the brook dried up,
because
there had been no rain in the land.
11:017:008 And the word of the lord came unto him, saying,
11:017:009 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth
to Zidon, and
dwell
there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman
there to
sustain
thee.
11:017:010 So he arose and went to Zarephath.
And when he came to the
gate
of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering
of
sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch
me, I pray
thee,
a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11:017:011 And as she was going to fetch it, he called
to her, and said,
Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
11:017:012 And she said, As the lord thy God
liveth, I have not a cake,
but
an 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.
11:017:013 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
unto
me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
11:017:014 For thus saith the lord God of Israel,
The barrel of meal
shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until
the
day that the lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
11:017:015 And she went and did according to the saying
of Elijah: and
she,
and he, and her house, did eat many days.
11:017:016 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither
did the cruse of
oil
fail, according to the word of the lord, which
he spake by
Elijah.
11:017:017 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.
11:017:018 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to
do with thee, O thou
man
of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to
remembrance,
and to slay my son?
11:017:019 And he said unto her, Give me thy son.
And he took him out of
her
bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode,
and
laid
him upon his own bed.
11:017:020 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?
11:017:021 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 into him again.


