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2 Kings 4:36

Gehazi
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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.

35 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.

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.

38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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BSB
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
KJV
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
WEB
He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
ASV
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
DARBY
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. And he called her; and she came to him. And he said, Take up thy son.
BLB
And he called to Gehazi and said, “Call to this Shunammitess.” And he called her, and she came in to him. And he said, “Lift up your son.”
ÅB
Da kalte han på Gehasi og sa: Kall på den sunamittiske kone! Han kalte på henne, og da hun kom inn til ham, sa han: Ta din sønn!
OTB
Og han kalte på Gehasi og sa, "Kall denne kvinnen fra Sjunem." Så han kalte henne, og da hun kom inn til ham, sa han, "Ta opp din sønn."
B1930
Da kalte han på Gehasi og sa: Kall på den sunamittiske kone! Han kalte på henne, og da hun kom inn til ham, sa han: Ta din sønn!

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  • Hebrews 11:35

    Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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  • 1 Kings 17:23

    Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

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  • Luke 7:15

    And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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