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is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do
for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, save a pot of oil.
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Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon
thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which
is full.
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So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought
the
vessels
to her; and she poured out.
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said
unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her,
There is
not a vessel more. And the oil
stayed.
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Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt,
and live thou and thy children of the rest.
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And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where
was
a great woman; and she
constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,
that
as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat
bread.
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And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this
is
an holy man of God,
which passeth by us continually.
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Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let
us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh
to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into
the chamber, and lay there.
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And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when
he had called her, she stood before him.
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And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou
hast been careful for us with all this care; what
is
to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for
to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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And he said, What then
is
to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child,
and her husband is old.
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And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she
said, Nay, my lord,
thou
man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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And the woman conceived,
and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and
then
died.
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And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut
the door
upon
him, and went out.
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And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the
young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
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And he said,
Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day?
it is
neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said,
It shall
be
well.
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Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not
thy
riding for me, except I bid thee.
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So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel.
And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
Behold,
yonder is
that Shunammite:
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Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her,
Is it
well with thee?
is it
well with thy husband?
is it
well with the child? And she answered,
It is
well.
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And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came
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