So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. ] Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.
2
Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live." He answered, "Do so."
3
Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." And he answered, "I will."
4
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
5
But as one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, "Alas, master! It was borrowed."
6
Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float.
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