The Ravens Feed Elijah 1 Brenton And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth. BSB BSB: Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
2 Brenton And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying , BSB BSB: Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
3 Brenton Depart hence eastward, and hide thee by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan. BSB BSB: “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
4 Brenton And it shall be that thou shalt drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed thee there. BSB BSB: And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5 Brenton And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan. BSB BSB: So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
6 Brenton And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and he drank water of the brook. BSB BSB: The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
7 Brenton And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth. BSB BSB: Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
The Widow of Zarephath 8 Brenton And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying , BSB BSB: Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
9 Brenton Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian land : behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain thee. BSB BSB: “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10 Brenton And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. BSB BSB: So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
11 Brenton And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of the bread that is in thy hand. BSB BSB: And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12 Brenton And the woman said, As the Lord thy God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die. BSB BSB: But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
13 Brenton And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to thy word: but make me thereof a little cake, and thou shalt bring it out to me first, and thou shalt make some for thyself and thy children last. BSB BSB: “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
14 Brenton For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth. BSB BSB: for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
15 Brenton And the woman went and did so , and did eat, she, and he, and her children. BSB BSB: So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
16 Brenton And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu. BSB BSB: The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son 17 Brenton And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him. BSB BSB: Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
18 Brenton And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with thee, O man of God? hast thou come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to slay my son? BSB BSB: “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
19 Brenton And Eliu said to the woman, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed. BSB BSB: But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20 Brenton And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, thou hast wrought evil for her in slaying her son. BSB BSB: Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
21 Brenton And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray thee, the soul of this child return to him. BSB BSB: Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
22 Brenton And it was so, and the child cried out, BSB BSB: And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Brenton and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, thy son lives. BSB BSB: Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
24 Brenton And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true. BSB BSB: Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
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