4:1 And one of the wives of the sons of the
prophets cried to Elisaie, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou
knowest that thy servant feared Yehovah: and the creditor is come to take
my two sons to be his servants.
4:2 And Elisaie said, What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou hast in
the house. And she said, Thy servant has nothing in the house, except oil
wherewith I anoint myself.
4:3 And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy
neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:4 And thou shalt go in and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and
thou shalt pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled.
4:5 And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her
sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the
vessels were filled.
4:6 And she said to her sons, Bring me yet a vessel. And they said to her,
There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
4:7 And she came and told the man of Elohim: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the
oil, and thou shalt pay thy debts, and thou and thy sons shall live of the
remaining oil.
4:8 And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and [there was] a
great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass
as often as he went into [the city, that] he turned aside to eat there.
4:9 And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this [is] a holy
man of Elohim who comes over continually to us.
4:10 Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put
there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it
shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall turn in thither.
4:11 And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper
chamber, and lay there.
4:12 And he said to Giezi his servant, Call me this Somanite. and he called
her, and she stood before him.
4:13 And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast taken all this
trouble for us; what should I do for thee? Hast thou any request [to make]
to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the
midst of my people.
4:14 And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant
said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband [is] old.
4:15 And he called her, and she stood by the door.
4:16 And Elisaie said to her, At this time [next year], as the season [is],
thou [shalt be] alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not
lie to thy servant.
4:17 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season
was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her.
4:18 And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father
to the reapers,
4:19 that he said to his father, My head, my head. and [his father] said to
a servant, carry him to his mother.
4:20 And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon,
and died.
4:21 And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of god; and
she shut the door upon him, and went out.
4:22 And she called her husband, and said, Send now for me one of the young
men, and one of the asses, and I will ride quickly to the man of Elohim, and
return.
4:23 And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon,
nor the Sabbath. And she said, [It is] well.
4:24 And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed:
spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell thee. Go, and thou
shalt proceed, and come to the man of Elohim to mount Carmel.
4:25 And she rode and came to the man of Elohim to the mountain: and it came to
pass when Elisaie saw her coming, that he said to Giezi his servant, See
now, that Somanite comes.
4:26 Now run to meet her, and thou shalt say, [Is it] well with thee? [is
it] well with thy husband? [is it] well with the child? and she said, [It
is] well.
4:27 And she came to Elisaie to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and
Giezi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisaie said, Let her alone, for her
soul [is] much grieved in her, and Yehovah has hidden [it] from me, and has
not told [it] me.
4:28 And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not
deal deceitfully with me?
4:29 And Elisaie said to Giezi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy
hand, and go: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not salute him, and if a man
salute thee thou shalt not answer him: and thou shalt lay my staff on the
child's face.
4:3 And the mother of the child said, [As] Yehovah lives and [as] thy soul
lives, I will not leave thee. And Elisaie arose, and went after her.
4:31 And Giezi went on before her, and laid his staff on the child's face:
but there was neither voice nor any hearing. So he returned to meet him, and
told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
4:32 And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid
upon his bed.
4:33 And Elisaie went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the
two, and prayed to Yehovah.
4:34 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 bowed
himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm.
4:35 And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up,
and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes.
4:36 And Elisaie cried out to Giezi, and said, Call this Somanite. So he
called her, and she came in to him: and Elisaie said, Take thy son.
4:37 And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance [bowing]
to the ground; and she took her son, and went out.
4:38 And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine [was] in the land; and
the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant,
Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
4:39 And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the
field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into
the caldron of pottage, for they knew [them] not.
4:40 And he poured it out for the men to eat: and it came to pass, when they
were eating of the pottage, that lo! they cried out, and said, [There is]
death in the pot, O man of Elohim. And they could not eat.
4:41 And he said, Take meal, and cast it into the pot. And Elisaie said to
his servant Giezi, Pour out for the people, and let them eat. And there was
no longer there any hurtful thing in the pot.
4:42 And there came a man over from Baetharisa, and brought to the an of Elohim
twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first-fruits. And he said,
Give to the people, and let them eat.
4:43 And his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? and
he said, Give to the people, and let them eat; for thus saith Yehovah, They
shall eat and leave.
4:44 And they ate and left, according to the word of Yehovah. |
4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the
wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my
husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Yehovah: and
the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast
thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4:4 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.
4:5 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.
4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her
son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
4:7 Then she came and told the man of Elohim. And he said, Go, sell the oil,
and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great
woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as
he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an
holy man of Elohim, which passeth by us continually.
4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set
for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it
shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he
had called her, she stood before him.
4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful
for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be
spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I
dwell among mine own people.
4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the
door.
4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou
shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of Elohim, do not lie
unto thine handmaid.
4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had
said unto her, according to the time of life.
4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers.
4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,
Carry him to his mother.
4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her
knees till noon, and then died.
4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of Elohim, and shut
the door upon him, and went out.
4:22 And she called unto 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 Elohim, and
come again.
4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new
moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
4:25 So she went and came unto the man of Elohim to mount Carmel. And it came
to pass, when the man of Elohim saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his
servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with
thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well:
4:27 And when she came to the man of Elohim to the hill, she caught him by the
feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of Elohim said, Let
her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and Yehovah hath hid it from
me, and hath not told me.
4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine
hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the
child.
4:30 And the mother of the child said, As Yehovah liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of
the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again
to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid upon his bed.
4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed
unto Yehovah.
4:34 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
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
4:35 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.
4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her.
And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground, and took up her son, and went out.
4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his
servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
4:39 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 shred them into
the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
4:40 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
Elohim, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
4:41 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.
4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of Elohim
bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in
the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men?
He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith Yehovah,
They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according
to the word of Yehovah. |