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2 Kings 4:17

Elisha
JoyGod's faithfulnessParents and children

15 “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.

16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

18 And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.

19 “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

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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
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
KJV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
WEB
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
ASV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
DARBY
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.
BLB
And the woman conceived and bore a son at this appointed time of life that Elisha had spoken to her.
ÅB
Og kvinnen ble fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn det følgende år nettopp på den tid som Elisa hadde sagt henne.
OTB
Men kvinnen ble gravid og fødte en sønn på den tiden året etter, akkurat som Elisja hadde sagt til henne.
B1930
Og kvinnen blev fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn det følgende år nettop på den tid som Elisa hadde sagt henne.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 21:1

    Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

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  • Luke 1:36

    Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

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  • Psalms 113:9

    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

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  • Hebrews 11:11

    By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:19–20

    The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

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  • Luke 1:24–25

    After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,

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