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1 Kings 17:15

Elijah
FaithObedienceGenerosityPoverty and the vulnerable

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

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

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

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

17 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 sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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BSB
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
KJV
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
WEB
She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.
ASV
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.
DARBY
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
BLB
And she went away and did according to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she and he and her house for days.
ÅB
Og hun gikk og gjorde som Elias hadde sagt, og de hadde mat, både han og hun og hennes hus, i lang tid;
OTB
Så hun gikk og gjorde som Elia hadde sagt, og hun og han og hennes husstand hadde mat i mange dager.
B1930
Og hun gikk og gjorde som Elias hadde sagt, og de hadde mat, både han og hun og hennes hus, i lang tid;

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  • Genesis 6:22

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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  • Matthew 15:28

    Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

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  • Hebrews 11:17

    By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

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  • Mark 12:43

    And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

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  • Romans 4:19–20

    And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:20

    And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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  • Genesis 22:3

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

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  • Hebrews 11:7–8

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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