And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? (17:18)

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed (17:19)

And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? (17:20)

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again (17:21)

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. (17:22) 77

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth (17:23)

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the Lord in thy mouth [is] truth (17:24)

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