1 Kings 17:11

11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

1 Kings 17:11 in Other Translations

11 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.

11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."

11 As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”

11 As she went to get it, he called out, "And while you're at it, would you bring me something to eat?"

11 As she went to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand."

1 Kings 17:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:11

And as she was going to fetch it
For she made no difficulty of granting his request, but immediately set out to fetch him some water from the city, or some spring close by, or her own house; being very ready to do an hospitable act to a stranger, and especially to a good man, and a prophet, as she might perceive by his habit he was, as it seems by what follows:

and said, bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand;
to eat before he drank; this he said still further to try her whether she was the person that was to sustain him, as well as in order to lead on to more discourse with her.

1 Kings 17:11 In-Context

9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”

10 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?”

11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “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.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.