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1 Kings 17:11

Poverty and the vulnerable

9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

13 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
KJV
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
WEB
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And she went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
BLB
And she was going to get [it], and he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
ÅB
Da hun nå gikk for å hente det, ropte han etter henne og sa: Ta med et stykke brød til meg!
OTB
Mens hun gikk for å hente det, ropte han til henne og sa: "Vennligst gi meg et stykke brød i hånden din også."
B1930
Da hun nu gikk for å hente det, ropte han efter henne og sa: Ta med et stykke brød til mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:18–19

    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

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  • Hebrews 13:2

    Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

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  • Genesis 18:5

    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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  • Matthew 25:35–40

    For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

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  • Matthew 10:42

    And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

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  • 1 Kings 17:9

    “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

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