1 Kings 17:1-13 ▼

1 And Elijah the Tishbite from the Tishbites of Gilead, will say to Ahab, Jehovah the God of Israel lives whom I stood before him if there shall be dew and rain but according to the mouth of my word.

2 And the word of Jehovah will be to him, saying,

3 Go from hence and turn to thyself east, and hide by the torrent Cherith which is before Jordan.

4 And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there.

5 And he will go and do according to the word of Jehovah: and he will go and dwell by the torrent Cherith which is upon the face of Jordan.

6 And the ravens bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he will drink from the torrent.

7 And it will be from the end of days, and the torrent will dry up, for there was no rain upon the earth.

8 And the word of Jehovah will be to him, saying,

9 Arise, go to Zarephath which is to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I commanded a widow woman to nourish thee there.

10 And he will rise and go to Zarephath, and will come to the entrance of the city, and behold there a widow woman gathering wood: and he will call to her, and say, Take now to me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.

11 And she will go to take, and he will call to her and say, Take now to me a bit of bread in thy hand.

12 And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die.

13 And Elijah will say to her, Thou shalt not fear; go and do according to thy word: but make to me from thence a little cake at first, and bring forth to me, and for thee and for thy son thou shalt make at last.