Elijah Fed by Ravens
2 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
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“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
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You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
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So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
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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
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
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Then the word of the LORD came to him:
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“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
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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?”
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As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
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“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.”