The Ravens Feed Elijah

1And Elijah the Tishbite from the Tishbites of Gilead† said to Ahab, “As YHWH, God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew and rain, except if at my word.”

2And the word of YHWH came to him, saying, 3“Go from this place and turn for yourself eastward, and hide by the Brook of Cherith that is on the face of the Jordan.† 4And it will come to pass that you shall drink from the brook, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain you there.”

5And he went and did according to the word of YHWH. And he went and stayed by the Brook of Cherith that is on the face of the Jordan. 6And the ravens brought to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7And it came to pass at the end of some days that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

The Widow of Zarephath

8And the word of YHWH came to him, saying, 9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which is unto Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded there a widow woman to provide for you.”

10And he arose and went to Zarephath. And he came to the gate of the city, and behold, there a widow, woman, was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in the vessel, that I may drink.” 11And she was going to get it, and he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

12And she said, “As YHWH your God lives, there is unto me no bread, but only the fullness of a palm of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

13And Elijah said to her, “Fear not. Go, do according to your word. However, make for me from it a small cake first, and bring it to me. And for yourself and your son, make some afterward. 14For thus says YHWH, God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be used up, and the jug of the oil shall not run dry, until the day of YHWH giving rain on the face of the earth.’”

15And she went away and did according to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she and he and her house for days. 16The jar of the flour was not used up, and the jug of the oil did not run dry, according to the word of YHWH that He spoke by Elijah.

Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son

17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was very strong, so that no breath remained in him. 18And she said to Elijah, “What to me and to you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring to remembrance my sin and to kill my son?”

19And he said to her, “Give to me your son.”

And he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and he laid him down on his own bed. 20And he cried out to YHWH and said, “O YHWH my God, also on the widow with whom I lodge, have You brought tragedy by killing her son?” 21And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and he cried out to YHWH and said, “O YHWH my God, let come back, please, the soul of this child into his midst.”

22And YHWH listened to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came back into his midst, and he revived. 23And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and he gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”

24And the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and the word of YHWH in your mouth is the truth.”