1 Kings 17171 KingsElijahThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. The Ravens Feed Elijah

2. 1ENGOJBAnd Eliyahu HaTishbi, who was of the inhabitants of Tishbe-Gil'ad, said unto Ach'av (King Ahab of Israel), As Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be tal nor matar these shanim ahead, except according to my word.BSBBSB: 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!”
3. 2ENGOJBAnd the Devar Hashem came unto him, saying,BSBBSB: Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
4. 3ENGOJBGet thee from here, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself in the Wadi Kerit, that is near the Yarden.BSBBSB: “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the orevvim (ravens) to feed thee there.BSBBSB: And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
6. 5ENGOJBSo he went and did according to the Devar Hashem; for he went and dwelt in the Wadi Kerit, that is near the Yarden.BSBBSB: So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
7. 6ENGOJBAnd the orevvim brought him lechem and basar in the boker, and lechem and basar in the erev; and he drank of the brook.BSBBSB: The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
8. 7ENGOJBAnd it came to pass at the ketz yamim (end of days), that the brook dried up, because there had been no geshem in the land.BSBBSB: Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

9. The Widow of Zarephath

10. 8ENGOJBAnd the Devar Hashem came unto him, saying,BSBBSB: Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
11. 9ENGOJBArise, get thee to Tzarphat, which belongeth to Tzidon, and dwell there; hinei, I have commanded an isha almanah there to sustain thee.BSBBSB: “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
12. 10ENGOJBSo he arose and went to Tzarphat. And when he came to the gate of the ir, hinei, the isha almanah was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said, Bring me a little mayim in a vessel, that I may drink.BSBBSB: 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.”
13. 11ENGOJBAnd as she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Bring me a morsel of lechem in thine hand.BSBBSB: And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
14. 12ENGOJBAnd she said, As Hashem Eloheicha liveth, I have nothing baked, but an handful of meal in a pot, and a little shemen in a jug; and, see, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in, cook it for me and beni, that we may eat it, and die.BSBBSB: 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.”
15. 13ENGOJBAnd Eliyahu said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little loaf first, and bring it unto me, and after that make for thee and for thy ben.BSBBSB: “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,
16. 14ENGOJBFor thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, The pot of meal shall not be used up, neither shall the jug of shemen fail, until the Yom that Hashem sendeth geshem upon ha'adamah.BSBBSB: 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.’”
17. 15ENGOJBAnd she went and did according to the Devar of Eliyahu; and she, and he, and her bais, did eat many yamim.BSBBSB: 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.
18. 16ENGOJBAnd the pot of meal was not used up, neither did the jug of shemen fail, according to the Devar Hashem, which he spoke by Eliyahu.BSBBSB: 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.

19. Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son

20. 17ENGOJBAnd it came to pass after these things, that the ben haisha the ba'alat habais, became choleh; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no nashamah left in him.BSBBSB: 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.
21. 18ENGOJBAnd she said unto Eliyahu, Mah li valach (what have I to do with thee), Ish HaElohim? Art thou come unto me to remind me of my avon, and to slay beni?BSBBSB: “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?”
22. 19ENGOJBAnd he said unto her, Give me thy ben. And he took him out of her kheyk, and carried him up into the aliyyah (upper room), where he abode, and laid him upon his own mittah (bed).BSBBSB: 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.
23. 20ENGOJBAnd he cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, hast thou even brought evil upon the almanah with whom I sojourn, by slaying her ben?BSBBSB: 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?”
24. 21ENGOJBAnd he stretched himself upon the yeled shalosh pe'amim, and cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, let this yeledʼs nefesh return to him again.BSBBSB: 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!”
25. 22ENGOJBAnd Hashem heard the voice of Eliyahu; and the nefesh of the yeled returned to him again, and he came alive.BSBBSB: And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
26. 23ENGOJBAnd Eliyahu took the yeled, and brought him down out of the aliyyah into the bais, and delivered him unto his em; and Eliyahu said, Look! Thy ben liveth.BSBBSB: 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.
27. 24ENGOJBAnd the isha said to Eliyahu, Now by this I have da'as that thou art an Ish Elohim, and that the Devar Hashem in thy mouth is emes.BSBBSB: 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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