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And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets had cried to Elisha, saying, My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant has seen Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me. What do you have in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.

And he said, Go, beg vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.

And you shall go in and shut the door on you, and on your sons, and shall pour out into all these vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.

And she left him, and shut the door on her and on her sons. They carried to her, and she poured out.

And it happened when the vessels were full, she said to her son, Bring another vessel to me. And he said to her, There is no other vessel; and the oil stopped.

And she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan. And you and your sons shall live from the rest.