Elijah went to
Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a
widow was there gathering sticks. He called to
her and asked, "Would you bring me a little
water in a jar so I may have a drink?" As she
was going to get it he called, "And bring me,
please, a piece of bread." "As surely as the
Lord your God lives," she replied, "I don't have
any bread - only a handful of flour in a jar and
a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few
sticks to take home and make a meal for myself
and my son, that we may eat it - and die."
Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home
and do as you have said. But first make a small
cake of bread for me from what you have and
bring it to me, and then make something for
yourself and your son. For this is what the
Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour
will not be used up and the jug of oil will not
run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the
land.'"
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