1 GLT And a woman, one from the wives of the sons of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying,“Your servant, my husband, died, and you yourself know that your servant was one who feared Yahweh. And the moneylender has come to take two of my children for himself to{ be} slaves.” BSB BSB: Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
2 GLT So Elisha said to her,“What will I do for you? Inform me: what is there for you in the house?” And she said,“There is not for your female servant anything in the house except a flask of oil.” BSB BSB: “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
3 GLT And he said,“Go, ask for yourself{ for} containers from the outside, from all of your neighbors, empty containers. Do not let it be few. BSB BSB: “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
4 GLT And go, and shut the door behind you and behind your sons, and pour on all these containers. And the full one, set aside.” BSB BSB: Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
5 GLT And she went from him, and she shut the door behind her and behind her sons. They were bringing near to her, and she was pouring. BSB BSB: So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
6 GLT And it happened, as{ she} filled the containers, and she said to her son,“Bring near to me another container.” And he said to her,“There is not another container.” And the oil stood. BSB BSB: When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 GLT And she came, and she informed the man of God, and he said,“Go, sell the oil, and repay your debt. And you and your sons— you will live on the rest.” BSB BSB: She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
8 GLT And the day happened, and Elisha passed by to Shunem, and there{ was} a great woman, and she grabbed him to eat bread. And it happened, as often as he passed by, he turned aside to there to eat bread. BSB BSB: One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
9 GLT And she said to her husband,“Look, please. I know that he{ is} a holy man of God, the one continually passing by to us. BSB BSB: Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10 GLT Please, let us make a small upper chamber of a wall, and let us put for him there a bed and a table and a chair and a lampstand. And it will be, when he comes to us, he will turn aside to there.” BSB BSB: Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
11 GLT And the day happened, and he came to there. And he turned aside to the upper chamber, and he lay down there. BSB BSB: One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
12 GLT And he said to Gehazi his young man,“Call for this Shunammite.” And he called for her, and she stood to his face. BSB BSB: And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
13 GLT And he said to him,“Now, say to her,‘Look, you have trembled all this trembling concerning us. What to do for you? Is there to speak for you to the king or to the captain of the army?’” But she said,“In the midst of my people I am living.” BSB BSB: and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
14 GLT And he said,“But what to do for her?” And Gehazi said,“However, a son there is not for her, and her husband is old.” BSB BSB: So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
15 GLT And he said,“Call for her.” And he called for her, and she stood in the entrance. BSB BSB: “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 GLT And he said,“At this appointed time, like the living time, you will embrace a son.” And she said,“No, my lord, man of God— do not lie to your female servant.” BSB BSB: And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
17 GLT And the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth{ to} a son at this appointed time, like the living time, that Elisha spoke to her. BSB BSB: But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18 GLT And the child grew, and the day happened, and he went out to his father, to the harvesters. BSB BSB: And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
19 GLT And he said to his father,“My head, my head.” And he said to the young man,“Lift him to his mother.” BSB BSB: “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 GLT And he lifted him, and he brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees until noon, and he died. BSB BSB: After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21 GLT And she went up, and she laid him on the bed of the man of God. And she shut behind him, and she went out. BSB BSB: And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
22 GLT And she called to her husband, and she said,“Please, send to me one from the young men and one of the donkeys, and let me run to the man of God, and let me return.” BSB BSB: And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
23 GLT And he said,“Why are you going to him today?{ It is} not a new moon nor a Sabbath.” And she said,“Peace.” BSB BSB: “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
24 GLT And she saddled the donkey, and she said to her young man,“Lead and go! Do not hold back for me to ride unless I say to you.” BSB BSB: Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
25 GLT And she went, and she came to the man of God, to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her from opposite, and he said to Gehazi his young man,“Look, that Shunammite woman there. BSB BSB: So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
26 GLT Now, please, run to meet her and say to her,‘{ Is} welfare for you?{ Is} welfare for your husband?{ Is} welfare for the boy?’” And she said,“Peace.” BSB BSB: Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
27 GLT And she came to the man of God, to the mountain, and she grabbed his feet. And Gehazi drew near to push her away, and the man of God said,“Leave her, for her spirit is bitter for her, but Yahweh has hidden{ it} from me, and he has not informed me.” BSB BSB: When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
28 GLT And she said,“Did I ask{ for} a son from my lord? Did I not say,‘Do not put me at ease?’” BSB BSB: Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
29 GLT And he said to Gehazi,“Gird your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you find a person, you will not bless him, and if a person blesses you, you will not answer him. But you will put my staff on the face of the young man.” BSB BSB: So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
30 GLT And the mother of the young man said,“{ By} the life of Yahweh and{ by} the life of your spirit, I will not leave you.” And he got up, and he went after her. BSB BSB: And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
31 GLT And Gehazi passed by to their faces, and he put the staff on the face of the young man, but there was no sound and there was no attentiveness. And he returned to meet him, and he informed him, saying,“The young man did not wake up.” BSB BSB: Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
32 GLT And Elisha came in to the house, and look— the young man was dead, laid on his bed. BSB BSB: When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
33 GLT And he went in, and he shut the door behind the two of them. And he prayed to Yahweh. BSB BSB: So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
34 GLT And he went up, and he lay on the child, and he put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his palms on his palms. And he bent down near him, and the flesh of the child grew warm. BSB BSB: Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
35 GLT And he returned, and he walked in the house— once here and once here. And he went up, and he bent down near him. And the young man sneezed up to seven times, and the young man opened his eyes. BSB BSB: Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 GLT And he called to Gehazi, and he said,“Call to that Shunammite woman!” And he called her, and she came to him. And he said,“Lift up your son.” BSB BSB: Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
37 GLT And she came in, and she fell on his feet, and she prostrated herself to the ground. And she lifted her son, and she went out. BSB BSB: She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
38 GLT And Elisha returned to Gilgal(and the famine{ was} in the land), and the sons of the prophets were sitting to his face. And he said to his young man,“Place the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” BSB BSB: When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
39 GLT And one went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a vine of the field, and he gathered from it gourds of the field, the fullness of his clothes. And he came, and he cut{ it} into the pot of stew, for they did not know. BSB BSB: One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
40 GLT And they poured{ it} out for the men to eat. And it happened, when they ate from the stew, and they themselves cried out, and they said,“Death{ is} in the pot, man of God!” And they were not able to eat. BSB BSB: And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
41 GLT And he said,“And bring flour.” And he threw{ it} into the pot. And he said,“Pour{ it} out for the people, and they will eat.” And there was not a harmful thing in the pot. BSB BSB: Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42 GLT And a man came from Baal- Shalishah, and he brought to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, 20 loaves of barley bread, and new corn in his sack. And he said,“Give{ them} to the people, and they will eat.” BSB BSB: Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
43 GLT And the one serving him said,“How will I give this to the face of 100 men?” And he said,“Give{ them} to the people, and they will eat, for thus says Yahweh,‘Eating and leaving over.’” BSB BSB: But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
44 GLT And he gave{ them} to their face, and they ate, and they had leftovers, according to the word of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
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