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And it shall be that thou shalt drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."
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So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the Brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
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And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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"Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee."
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So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."
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And she said, "As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress 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 make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel: `The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.'"