I Kings 17 · מלכים א

And Eliyyahu the Tishbi, who was of the inhabitants of Gil῾ad, said to Aĥ᾽av, As the Lord God of Yisra᾽el lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years, but according to my word.

And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Go from here, and turn eastward, and hide thyself by the wadi Kerit, that is east of the Yarden.

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the wadi; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

So he went and did according to the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the wadi Kerit, which is east of the Yarden.

And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank of the wadi.

And it came to pass after a while, that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Arise, go to Żarefat, which belongs to Żidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

So he arose and went to Żarefat. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

And she said, As the Lord thy God lives, I have nothing baked, but a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

And Eliyyahu said to her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me a little cake of it first, and bring it to me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

For thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.

And she went and did according to the word of Eliyyahu: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

And the jar of meal was not consumed, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Eliyyahu.

And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

And she said to Eliyyahu, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

And he cried to the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I lodge, by slaying her son?

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray Thee, let this child’s soul return to him again.

And the Lord heard the voice of Eliyyahu; and the soul of the child returned to him again, and he revived.

And Eliyyahu took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Eliyyahu said, See, thy son lives.

And the woman said to Eliyyahu, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.