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And Elijah◦ the Tishbite of the lodgers of Gilead, said to▵ Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not▫ be dew nor◦ rain these years, but◦ according··to▵ the mouth of my word.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ him, saying,
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Go hence and turn◦ thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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And it shall be that thou shalt drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain thee there.
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And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah, and 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 was, at the end of days, that the brook dried··up, because◦ there were no◦ showers in the land.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ him, saying,
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Arise, go to▫ Zarephath, which is of◦ Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain thee.
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And he arose and went to Zarephath; and he came to▵ the entrance of the city, and, behold, a woman was there, a widow, gathering··up wood; and he called to▵ her, and said, Fetch me, I pray◦, a··little water in a vessel and I will drink.
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And she went to fetch it, and he called to▵ her, and said, Fetch me, I pray◦, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
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And she said, As Jehovah thy God lives, I have◦ not a cake◦, but◦ a palm full of meal in a jar◦, and a··little oil in a flask, and, behold, I am gathering··up two pieces of wood, and will go··in and make it for me and for my son, and we will eat it and die.
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And Elijah◦ said to▵ her, Fear not; come, do according to thy word, only▵ make for me a small cake◦ thereof first, and bring· it ·out to me, and for thee and for thy son shalt thou make afterwards.
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For thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar◦ of meal shall not be all··consumed, neither shall the flask of oil be··wanting, until the day that Jehovah gives showers upon the face of the ground.
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And she went and did according··to the word of Elijah◦; and she ate and he◦ and her house for days.
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The jar◦ of meal was· not ·all··consumed, and the flask of oil was not wanting, according··to the word of Jehovah, which He spoke by the hand of Elijah◦.
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And it was, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress◦ of the house, became··sick; and his sickness was very severe*, until no◦ breath was remaining in him.
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And she said unto▵ Elijah◦, What is there to me and to thee*, thou man◦ of God? Art thou come unto▵ me to make my iniquity to be remembered and to make my son die?
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And he said to▵ her, Give me thy son. And he took him out··of her bosom and brought· him ·up into▵ the upper··room, where he◦ dwelt, and laid· him ·down upon his own bed◦.
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And he called to▵ Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, my God, hast Thou also brought··evil upon the widow, with whom I◦ sojourn, to··put· her son ·to··death?
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And he measured himself upon the child three times◦, and called unto▵ Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray◦, let the soul of this child return within▫ him.
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21 And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child returned within▫ him, and he lived.
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22 And Elijah◦ took the child and brought· him ·down from the upper··room into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Elijah◦ said, See, thy son lives.
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23 And the woman said to▵ Elijah◦, Now I know this, that thou◦ art a man◦ of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.
