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Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too cramped for us.

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

"Please let us go to the Jordan, and let us each take from there a beam, and let us construct a place there for ourselves, to live there." So he said, "Go."

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

Then one of them said, "Please agree and go with your servants." And he said, "I will go."

And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

But it happened that as one of them was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Oh, my master! It was borrowed!"

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float.

And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

Then he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.