Verse 39
2 Kings 4:39
World English Bible, British Edition
39
One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for
they didn’t recognise them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א אֶחָ֣ד אֶל הַ/שָּׂדֶה֮ לְ/לַקֵּ֣ט אֹרֹת֒ וַ/יִּמְצָא֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שָׂדֶ֔ה וַ/יְלַקֵּ֥ט מִמֶּ֛/נּוּ פַּקֻּעֹ֥ת שָׂדֶ֖ה מְלֹ֣א בִגְד֑/וֹ וַ/יָּבֹ֗א וַ/יְפַלַּ֛ח אֶל סִ֥יר הַ/נָּזִ֖יד כִּֽי לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ
English Translation
And one went out to the field to gather ears, and he found a vineyard in the field, and he gathered from it a bunch of grapes full in his garment, and he came and brought it to the pot of the Nazarite, for they did not know.
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Chapter 4 Context
1
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to
Elisha, saying, “Your serv...
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2
Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do
you have in the house?”
She said, “Y...
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3
Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbours.
Don’t borrow just a few contain...
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4
Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all
those containers; and set asi...
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5
So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons.
They brought the containers to h...
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6
When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another
container.”
He said to her, “T...
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7
Then she came and told the man of God (Elohim). He said, “Go, sell the oil,
and pay your debt; and y...
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8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman;
and she persuaded him to eat bread...
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9
She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man
of God (Elohim) who passes by...
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10
Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table,
a chair, and a lamp stand fo...
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11
One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
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12
He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called
her, she stood before him.
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13
He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with
all this care. What is to be do...
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14
He said, “What then is to be done for her?”
Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her...
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15
He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the
door.
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16
He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.”
She said, “No, my lord, you man of God...
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17
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time
came around, as Elisha had said to...
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18
When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
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19
He said to his father, “My head! My head!”
He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
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20
When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on
her knees until noon, and then died.
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21
She went up and laid him on the man of God (Elohim)’s bed, and shut the door
on him, and went out.
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22
She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants,
and one of the donkeys, tha...
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23
He said, “Why would you want go to him today? It is not a new
moon or a Sabbath.”
She said, “It’s al...
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24
Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and
go forward! Don’t slow down for me,...
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25
So she went, and came to the man of God (Elohim) to Mount Carmel. When
the man of God (Elohim) saw h...
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26
Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it
well with your husband? Is it w...
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27
When she came to the man of God (Elohim) to the hill, she caught hold
of his feet. Gehazi came near...
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28
Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say,
‘Do not deceive me’?”
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29
Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take
my staff in your hand, and go your way...
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30
The child’s mother said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul
lives, I will not leave you.”
So he ar...
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31
Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s
face; but there was no voice and no hea...
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32
When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and lying on his bed.
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33
He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to
the LORD.
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34
He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and
his eyes on his eyes, and his h...
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35
Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then
went up and stretched himself ou...
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36
He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her.
When she had come in to him, h...
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37
Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground; then she picked up her son, and...
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38
Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitti...
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39
One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered a lap full of wild...
40
So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the
stew, they cried out and said...
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41
But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and
he said, “Serve it to the people, that...
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42
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God (Elohim) some
bread of the first fruits:...
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43
His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?”
But he said, “Give it to the peopl...
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44
So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over,
according to the LORD’s word.
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