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17 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.
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Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
18 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!"
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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?”
19 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.
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“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.
20 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?"
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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?”
21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again."
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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!”
22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23 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."
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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!”
24 And the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth."
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Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”
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