Verse 18
1 Kings 17:18
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God (Elohim)? art thou come to me that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ מַה לִּ֥/י וָ/לָ֖/ךְ אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּ֧אתָ אֵלַ֛/י לְ/הַזְכִּ֥יר אֶת עֲוֺנִ֖/י וּ/לְ/הָמִ֥ית אֶת בְּנִֽ/י
English Translation
And she said to Elijah, "What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring up my sin and to kill my son."
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Chapter 17 Context
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And Elias the Thesbite of the inhabitants of Galaad said to Achab: As the Lord liveth the God (Elohi...
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And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
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Get thee hence, and go towards the east and hide thyself by the torrent of Carith, which is over aga...
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And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord: and going, he dwelt by the torrent Carith, wh...
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And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and h...
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But after some time the torrent was dried up, for it had not rained upon the earth.
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Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
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Arise, and go to Sarephta of the Sidonians, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow woman ther...
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He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when he was come to the gate of the city, he saw the widow woman...
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And when she was going to fetch it he called after her, saying: Bring me also, I beseech thee, a mor...
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12
And she answered: As the Lord thy God (Elohim) liveth, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal i...
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13
And Elias said to her: Fear not, but go, and do as thou hast said: but first make for me of the same...
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14
For thus saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel: The pot of meal shall not waste, nor the cruse o...
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She went and did according to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that d...
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The pot of meal wasted not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lo...
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17
And it came to pass after this that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick, and...
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And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God (Elohim)? art thou come to me th...
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And Elias said to her: Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him into the u...
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And he cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord my God (Elohim), hast thou afflicted also the widow, with...
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And he stretched, and measured himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, and said:...
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And the Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived.
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And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delive...
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And the woman said to Elias: Now, by this I know that thou art a man of God (Elohim), and the word o...
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