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2 Kings 4:2-7

2“HowH4100 can IH6213 help you?” askedH559 ElishaH477H413. “TellH5046 me, whatH4100 do you haveH3426 in the houseH1004?”

She answeredH559, “Your servantH8198 has nothingH369H3605 in the houseH1004 butH3588H518 a jarH610 of oilH8081.”

3“GoH1980,” saidH559 Elisha, “borrowH7592 emptyH7386 jarsH3627 fromH4480 allH2351H854H3605 your neighborsH7934. Do notH408 gather just a fewH4591. 4Then go insideH935, shutH5462 the doorH1817 behind youH1157 andH1157 your sonsH1121, and pourH3332 oil intoH5921 allH3605 theseH428 jarsH3627, setting the full onesH4392 asideH5265.”

5So she leftH1980 himH854, and after she had shutH5462 the doorH1817 behind herH1157 andH1157 her sonsH1121, theyH1992 kept bringingH5066 jars to herH413, and sheH1931 kept pouringH3332. 6WhenH1961 all the jarsH3627 were fullH4390, she saidH559 toH413 her sonH1121, “Bring meH5066H413 anotherH5750H3627.”

But he repliedH559H413, “There are noH369 moreH5750 jarsH3627.” Then the oilH8081 stopped flowingH5975.

7She wentH935 and toldH5046 the manH376 of GodH430, and he saidH559, “GoH1980, sellH4376 the oilH8081, and payH7999 your debtH5386. Then youH859 and your sonsH1121 can liveH2421 on the remainderH3498.”

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