1 Rois 19:20

20 Elisée, quittant ses boeufs, courut après Elie, et dit: Laisse-moi embrasser mon père et ma mère, et je te suivrai. Elie lui répondit: Va, et reviens; car pense à ce que je t'ai fait.

1 Rois 19:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 19:20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah
His heart being touched by the Lord at the same time, and his mind enlightened to understand what was meant by that action:

and said, let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother;
take his leave of them in this way, which was what was used by friends at parting, see ( Ruth 1:9 Ruth 1:14 )

and then I will follow thee;
which he understood was meant by his casting his mantle over him:

and he said unto him, go back again;
to his plough:

for what have I done to thee?
he had only cast the skirts of his mantle over him, and had said nothing to him; this he said to try him, and get out of him what was in his heart, and how it had been touched by the Spirit of God; and if so, then he suggests it was not what he had done, but what the Lord had impressed upon him, that would oblige him to return, and follow him, after he had taken his leave of his parents.

1 Rois 19:20 In-Context

18 Mais je laisserai en Israël sept mille hommes, tous ceux qui n'ont point fléchi les genoux devant Baal, et dont la bouche ne l'a point baisé.

19 Elie partit de là, et il trouva Elisée, fils de Schaphath, qui labourait. Il y avait devant lui douze paires de boeufs, et il était avec la douzième. Elie s'approcha de lui, et il jeta sur lui son manteau.

20 Elisée, quittant ses boeufs, courut après Elie, et dit: Laisse-moi embrasser mon père et ma mère, et je te suivrai. Elie lui répondit: Va, et reviens; car pense à ce que je t'ai fait.

21 Après s'être éloigné d'Elie, il revint prendre une paire de boeufs, qu'il offrit en sacrifice; avec l'attelage des boeufs, il fit cuire leur chair, et la donna à manger au peuple. Puis il se leva, suivit Elie, et fut à son service.