1 Kings, 17

1. Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, 'By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain these coming years unless I give the word.'

1. And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

2. The word of Yahweh came to him,

2. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3. 'Go away from here, go east and hide by the torrent of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.

4. You can drink from the stream, and I have ordered the ravens to bring you food there.'

4. And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5. So he set out and did as Yahweh had said; he went and stayed by the torrent of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

5. So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.

6. The ravens brought him bread in the morning and meat in the evening, and he quenched his thirst at the stream.

6. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

7. But after a while the stream dried up, for the country had had no rain.

7. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8. And then the word of Yahweh came to him,

8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9. 'Up and go to Zarephath in Sidonia, and stay there. I have ordered a widow there to give you food.'

9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

10. So he went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Addressing her he said, 'Please bring a little water in a pitcher for me to drink.'

10. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11. She was on her way to fetch it when he called after her. 'Please', he said, 'bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.'

11. 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.

12. 'As Yahweh your God lives,' she replied, 'I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall die.'

12. And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an 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.

13. But Elijah said to her, 'Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son.

13. 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 after make for thee and for thy son.

14. For Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied, before the day when Yahweh sends rain on the face of the earth.'

14. 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.

15. The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food, she, himself and her son.

15. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.

16. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied, just as Yahweh had foretold through Elijah.

16. [And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

17. It happened after this that the son of the mistress of the house fell sick; his illness was so severe that in the end he expired.

17. 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 sore, that there was no breath left in him.

18. And the woman said to Elijah, 'What quarrel have you with me, man of God? Have you come here to bring my sins home to me and to kill my son?'

18. 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 sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

19. 'Give me your son,' he said and, taking him from her lap, he carried him to the upper room where he was staying and laid him on his bed.

19. And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

20. He cried out to Yahweh, 'Yahweh my God, by killing her son do you mean to bring grief even to the widow who is looking after me?'

20. And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

21. He stretched himself on the child three times and cried out to Yahweh, 'Yahweh my God, may the soul of this child, I beg you, come into him again!'

21. 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.

22. Yahweh heard Elijah's prayer and the child's soul came back into his body and he revived.

22. And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. 'Look,' Elijah said, 'your son is alive.'

23. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

24. And the woman replied, 'Now I know you are a man of God and the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth itself.'

24. And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy mouth [is] truth.