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And she said, As the LORD thy God lives, I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a cruse; and now I
was gathering two sticks that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
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And Elijah said unto her, Fear not;
go and do as thou hast said; but first make me a little cake of bread baked under the ashes and bring
it unto me, and afterwards thou shalt make for thee and for thy son.
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For thus hath said the LORD God of Israel, The pitcher of meal shall not be consumed, neither shall the cruse of oil fail until that day when the LORD shall send rain upon the earth.
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And she went and did as Elijah told her; and he and she and her house ate
for many days.
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And the pitcher of meal was not consumed, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Elijah.
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And it came to pass after these things
that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
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And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my iniquity to remembrance and to cause my son to die?
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And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he abode and laid him upon his own bed.
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And he cried unto the LORD and said, O LORD my God, hast thou even brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
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And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried unto the LORD and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
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And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.