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And Elijah[a] the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,said unto Ahab, As the LORDGod of Israelliveth,before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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Arise, get thee to Zarephath,[c] which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widowwoman there to sustain thee.
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So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widowwoman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a littlewater in a vessel, that I may drink.
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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.
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And she said, As the LORD thy Godliveth, I have not a cake, but an handfulofmeal in a barrel, and a littleoil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gatheringtwosticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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And Elijahsaid unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a littlecakefirst, and bring it unto me, and aftermake for thee and for thy son.
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For thus saith the LORDGod of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oilfail, until the day that the LORDsendeth[d]rainupon the earth.
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And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
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And the barrel of mealwasted not, neither did the cruse of oilfail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spakeby[e]Elijah.
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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 sosore, that there was no breathleft in him.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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And he stretched[f] himself upon the childthreetimes, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child'ssoulcome into himagain.
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And the LORDheard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the childcame into himagain, and he revived.
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And Elijahtook the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijahsaid, See, thy sonliveth.
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And the womansaid to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.