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7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
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She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
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.
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