Verse 20

1 Kings 19:20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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20 And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת הַ/בָּקָ֗ר וַ/יָּ֨רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה נָּא֙ לְ/אָבִ֣/י וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֔/י וְ/אֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽ/ךְ

English Translation

And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And Elijah said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"

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Chapter 19 Context

1 And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword... Focus ↗

2 And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add s... Focus ↗

3 Then Elias was afraid, and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of... Focus ↗

4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a junip... Focus ↗

5 And he cast himself down, end slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lo... Focus ↗

6 He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and dra... Focus ↗

7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat:... Focus ↗

8 And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty night... Focus ↗

9 And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave: and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and... Focus ↗

10 And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God (Elohim) of hosts: for the children... Focus ↗

11 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth,... Focus ↗

12 And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a ge... Focus ↗

13 And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering... Focus ↗

14 With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God (Elohim) of hosts: because the children of Israel hav... Focus ↗

15 And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus: and when thou ar... Focus ↗

16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel: and Eliseus the son of Saphat, o... Focus ↗

17 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain by Jehu:... Focus ↗

18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and e... Focus ↗

19 And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen... Focus ↗

20 And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father an...

21 And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 19 (21 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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