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12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
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He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’ ” She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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“What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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“About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
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She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.
22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
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She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”
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