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Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
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Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
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So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
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Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
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So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.