Verse 4
1 Kings 17:4
New Living Translation
4
Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֖ה מֵ/הַ/נַּ֣חַל תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וְ/אֶת הָ/עֹרְבִ֣ים צִוִּ֔יתִי לְ/כַלְכֶּלְ/ךָ֖ שָֽׁם
English Translation
And it shall be that from the brook you shall drink, and the ravens I have commanded to feed you there.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God (Elohim)...
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Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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“Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.
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Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food....
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So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.
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The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
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But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.
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8
Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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“Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to...
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10
So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks,...
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As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”
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But she said, “I swear by the LORD your God (Elohim) that I don’t have a single piece of bread in th...
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13
But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little b...
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14
For this is what the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oi...
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15
So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.
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16
There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the LORD had promised th...
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17
Some time later the woman’s son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
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18
Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God (Elohim), what have you done to me? Have you come here to poi...
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19
But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child’s body from her arms, carried him up t...
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20
Then Elijah cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God (Elohim), why have you brought tragedy to this wid...
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And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God (E...
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22
The LORD heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!
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23
Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your...
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24
Then the woman told Elijah, “Now I know for sure that you are a man of God (Elohim), and that the LO...
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