2 Kings 4:35

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³³ So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

³⁴ Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

³⁶ Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

³⁷ She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

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BSB: Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
ASV: Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
DARBY: And he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and bent over him. And the lad sneezed seven times, and the lad opened his eyes.
BLB: And he returned and walked in the house once here and once here. And again he went up and stretched out himself on him. And the boy sneezed up to seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.

ÅB: Så sto han opp igjen og gikk en gang fram og tilbake i kammeret; deretter steg han igjen opp og bøyde seg over gutten; da nøs gutten syv ganger og slo øynene opp.
OTB: Så vendte han tilbake og gikk i huset en gang frem og tilbake, og gikk opp og bøyde seg ned over ham igjen; og gutten nøs syv ganger og åpnet øynene.
B1930: Så stod han op igjen og gikk en gang frem og tilbake i kammeret; derefter steg han atter op og bøide sig over gutten; da nøs gutten syv ganger og slo øinene op.

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2 Kings 8:5
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
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2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
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1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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Acts 9:40
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
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John 11:43–44
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
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Luke 7:14–15
Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
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Luke 8:55
Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
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2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
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