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Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Eli'sha, "Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."
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And Eli'sha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil."
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Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels of all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.
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Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside."
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So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her.
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When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing.
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She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."
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One day Eli'sha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
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And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way.
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Let us make a small roof chamber with walls, and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there."