II Kings 4 · מלכים ב

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowst that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take to him my two sons to be slaves.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.

Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; and not a few.

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stopped flowing.

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children from the remainder.

And it happened one day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a woman of great note; and she pressed him to eat bread. And so it was, that whenever he passed by, he turned aside there to eat bread.

And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

Let us make a little upper chamber, I pray thee, with walls; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a chair, and a lamp: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.

And it happened one day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

And he said to Geĥazi his servant, Call this Shunammite woman. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast been careful to take all this trouble for us; what is to be done for thee? wouldst thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Geĥazi answered, Verily she has no child, and her husband is old.

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

And he said, About this time, in the coming year, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season of which Elisha had spoken to her, in the following year.

And when the child was grown, it happened one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and then come back.

And he said, Why wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; do not slacken the pace, unless I bid thee.

So she went and came to the man of God to mount Karmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Geĥazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite woman:

run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: and Geĥazi came near to thrust her away. But the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her: and the Lord has hid it from me, and has not told me.

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Then he said to Geĥazi, Gird thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, greet him not; and if any greet thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

And the mother of the child said, As the Lord lives, and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

And Geĥazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor sound. So he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awakened.

And when Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

Then he went in, and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to the Lord.

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child was warmed.

Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

And he called Geĥazi, and said, Call this Shunammite woman. So he called her. And when she was come in to him, he said, Take up thy son.

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil a pottage for the sons of the prophets.

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and sliced them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat.

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

And there came a man from Ba῾al-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

And his attendant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave over.

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left some of it over, according to the word of the Lord.