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1	And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets has cried to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you have known that your servant was fearing YHWH, and the lender has come to take my two children to himself for servants.”	Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”	The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
2	And Elisha says to her, “What do I do for you? Declare to me, what do you have in the house?” And she says, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.”	And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”	Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”
3	And he says, “Go, ask [for] vessels for yourself from outside, from all your neighbors—empty vessels—let [them] not be few;	Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.	Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
4	and you have entered, and have shut the door on you, and on your sons, and have poured it into all these vessels, and the full ones you remove.”	Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.”	Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”
5	And she goes from him, and shuts the door on her, and on her sons; they are bringing [them] near to her, and she is pouring [it] out,	So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her.	She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
6	and it comes to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she says to her son, “Bring another vessel near to me,” and he says to her, “There is not another vessel”; and the oil stays.	When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.	When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7	And she comes and declares [it] to the man of God, and he says, “Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan; and you [and] your sons live off the rest.”	She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”	She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
8	And the day comes that Elisha passes over to Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she lays hold on him to eat bread, and it comes to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turns aside there to eat bread,	One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.	One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
9	and she says to her husband, “Now behold, I have known that he is a holy man of God, passing over by us continually;	And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.	She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10	please let us make a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a lampstand; and it has been, in his coming to us, he turns aside there.”	Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”	Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”
11	And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,	One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.	One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
12	and he says to his young man Gehazi, “Call for this Shunammite”; and he calls for her, and she stands before him.	And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.	He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.
13	And he says to him, “Now say to her, Behold, you have troubled yourself concerning us with all this trouble; what can [I] do for you? Is it to speak for you to the king, or to the head of the host?” And she says, “I am dwelling in the midst of my people.”	And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”	Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”
14	And he says, “And what can [I] do for her?” And Gehazi says, “Truly she has no son, and her husband [is] aged.”	And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”	“What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15	And he says, “Call for her”; and he calls for her, and she stands at the opening,	He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.	Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16	and he says, “At this season, according to the time of life, you are embracing a son”; and she says, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”	And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.”	“About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”
17	And the woman conceives and bears a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.	But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.	But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18	And the boy grows, and the day comes that he goes out to his father, to the reapers,	When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.	The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
19	and he says to his father, “My head, my head”; and he says to the young man, “Carry him to his mother”;	And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”	He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20	and he carries him, and brings him to his mother, and he sits on her knees until the noon, and dies.	And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.	After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21	And she goes up, and lays him on the bed of the man of God, and shuts [the door] on him, and goes out,	And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.	She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.
22	and calls to her husband and says, “Please send one of the young men and one of the donkeys to me, and I run to the man of God, and return.”	Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”	She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”
23	And he says, “Why are you going to him today? [It is] neither new moon nor Sabbath!” And she says, “Peace [to you]!”	And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”	“Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “That’s all right,” she said.
24	And she saddles the donkey and says to her young man, “Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have commanded [so] to you.”	Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”	She saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Lead on; don’t slow down for me unless I tell you.”
25	And she goes, and comes to the man of God, to the hill of Carmel, and it comes to pass, at the man of God’s seeing her from within view, that he says to his young man Gehazi, “Behold, this Shunammite;	So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite.	So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When he saw her in the distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi, “Look! There’s the Shunammite!
26	now please run to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to you? Is there peace to your husband? Is there peace to the boy?” And she says, “Peace.”	Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” And she answered, “All is well.”	Run to meet her and ask her, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” “Everything is all right,” she said.
27	And she comes to the man of God, to the hill, and lays hold on his feet, and Gehazi comes near to thrust her away, and the man of God says, “Leave her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and YHWH has hidden [it] from me, and has not declared [it] to me.”	And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”	When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone! She is in bitter distress, but the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me why.”
28	And she says, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”	Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”	“Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?”
29	And he says to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go; when you meet a man, you do not greet him; and when a man greets you, you do not answer him; and you have laid my staff on the face of the youth.”	He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child.”	Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand and run. Don’t greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
30	And the mother of the youth says, “YHWH lives, and your soul lives—if I leave you”; and he rises and goes after her.	Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.	But the child’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
31	And Gehazi has passed on before them, and lays the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turns back to meet him, and declares to him, saying, “The youth has not awoken.”	Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”	Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
32	And Elisha comes into the house, and behold, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,	When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.	When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.
33	and he goes in and shuts the door on them both, and prays to YHWH.	So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD.	He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the LORD.
34	And he goes up, and lies down on the boy, and puts his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretches himself on him, and the flesh of the boy becomes warm;	Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.	Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm.
35	and he turns back and walks in the house, once here and once there, and goes up and stretches himself on him, and the youth sneezes until seven times, and the youth opens his eyes.	Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.	Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36	And he calls to Gehazi and says, “Call to this Shunammite”; and he calls her, and she comes to him, and he says, “Lift up your son.”	Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”	Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” And he did. When she came, he said, “Take your son.”
37	And she goes in, and falls at his feet, and bows herself to the earth, and lifts up her son, and goes out.	She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.	She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
38	And Elisha has turned back to Gilgal, and the famine [is] in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he says to his young man, “Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”	And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”	Elisha returned to Gilgal and there was a famine in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”
39	And one goes out to the field to gather herbs, and finds a vine of the field, and gathers gourds of the field from it—the fullness of his garment—and comes in and splits [them] into the pot of stew, for they did not know [them];	One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.	One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
40	and they pour out for the men to eat, and it comes to pass at their eating of the stew, that they have cried out, and say, “Death [is] in the pot, O man of God!” And they have not been able to eat.	And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.	The stew was poured out for the men, but as they began to eat it, they cried out, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41	And he says, “Then bring a meal”; and he casts into the pot and says, “Pour out for the people, and they eat”; and there was no bad thing in the pot.	He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot.	Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He put it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42	And a man has come from Ba‘al-Shalishah, and brings to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in its husk, and he says, “Give to the people, and they eat.”	A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.”	A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said.
43	And his minister says, “How do I give this before one hundred men?” And he says, “Give to the people, and they eat, for thus said YHWH: Eat and leave”;	But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”	“How can I set this before a hundred men?” his servant asked. But Elisha answered, “Give it to the people to eat. For this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
44	and he gives before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of YHWH.	So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.	Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
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