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2 Re 4:16

Listen to 2 Re 4:16
16 Ed Eliseo le disse: "L’anno prossimo, in questo stesso tempo, tu abbraccerai un figliuolo". Ella rispose: "No, signor mio, tu che sei un uomo di Dio, non ingannare la tua serva!"

2 Re 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, about this season
In the next year:

according to the time of life;
the usual time women go with child:

thou shalt embrace a son;
in thine arms, that shall be born of thee, which she should have in her lap, and in her bosom:

and she said, nay, my lord, do not lie unto thine handmaid;
or speak unto her what was not truth; it was so great, and so unaccountable, how it could be in her circumstances, that she could not believe it to be true, though she wished it might; or do not deceive me with vain and false words, or flatter me, jest with me, which would be unbecoming his character as a man of God, and prophet of the Lord; according to the Targum, she wished it might prove true, and she not deceived; see ( 2 Kings 4:28 ) .

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2 Re 4:16 In-Context

14 "Io vivo in mezzo al mio popolo". Ed Eliseo disse: "Che si potrebbe fare per lei?" Ghehazi rispose: "Ma! ella non ha figliuoli, e il suo marito è vecchio".
15 Eliseo gli disse: "Chiamala!" Ghehazi la chiamò, ed ella si presentò alla porta.
16 Ed Eliseo le disse: "L’anno prossimo, in questo stesso tempo, tu abbraccerai un figliuolo". Ella rispose: "No, signor mio, tu che sei un uomo di Dio, non ingannare la tua serva!"
17 E questa donna concepì e partorì un figliuolo, in quel medesimo tempo, l’anno dopo, come Eliseo le aveva detto.
18 Il bambino si fe’ grande; e, un giorno ch’era uscito per andare da suo padre presso i mietitori,
The Riveduta Bible is in the public domain.

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