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2 Kings 6:1-7

1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us.

1 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

2 Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell." So he answered, "Go."

2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.”

3 Then one said, "Please consent to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

3 Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees.

5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, master! For it was borrowed."

5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

6 So the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float.

6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.

7 Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.

7 “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.