FED WITH AN EMPTY BARREL
1 Kings 17:7-16
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,
because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the
LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which
[belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a
widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to
Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the
widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her,
and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that
I may drink. 11 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. 12 And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a
cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a
cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in
and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 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. 15 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.
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