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Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “Arise, go to (A)Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain there; behold, (B)I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and (C)he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a [a]jar, that I may drink.” 11 So she went to get it, and he called to her and said, “Please get me a piece of bread in your hand.” 12 But she said, “(D)As Yahweh your God lives, (E)I have no [b]bread, only a handful of flour in the [c]bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering [d]a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and (F)die.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:10 Or vessel
  2. 1 Kings 17:12 Lit cake
  3. 1 Kings 17:12 Lit pitcher
  4. 1 Kings 17:12 Lit two