Melachim Bais 4:16

16 And he said, About this mo’ed, according to the et chayyah (Gen. 18:10), thou choveket ben (shalt embrace a son). And she said, No, adoni, thou Ish HaElohim, do not give false hope unto thine shifchah.

Melachim Bais 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, about this season
In the next year:

according to the time of life;
the usual time women go with child:

thou shalt embrace a son;
in thine arms, that shall be born of thee, which she should have in her lap, and in her bosom:

and she said, nay, my lord, do not lie unto thine handmaid;
or speak unto her what was not truth; it was so great, and so unaccountable, how it could be in her circumstances, that she could not believe it to be true, though she wished it might; or do not deceive me with vain and false words, or flatter me, jest with me, which would be unbecoming his character as a man of God, and prophet of the Lord; according to the Targum, she wished it might prove true, and she not deceived; see ( 2 Kings 4:28 ) .

Melachim Bais 4:16 In-Context

14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Geichazi answered, Verily she hath no ben, and her ish is zaken.

15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the petach (doorway).

16 And he said, About this mo’ed, according to the et chayyah (Gen. 18:10), thou choveket ben (shalt embrace a son). And she said, No, adoni, thou Ish HaElohim, do not give false hope unto thine shifchah.

17 And the isha conceived, and bore ben at that mo’ed that Elishah had said unto her, according to the et chayyah.

18 The yeled grew, and it happened one day, that he went out to Aviv to the kotzerim (harvesters, reapers).