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4 God increaseth the oyle to the poore wydowe by Elisa. 12 He obtayneth for the Sunamite a sonne at gods hand. 28 Who dying. 32 he raiseth him vp a∣gaine. 40 He maketh sweete the potage. 41 And multiplieth the loaues.
[unspec A] 1 AND there cryed a cer∣tayne woman of the wyues of the sonnes of the prophetes, vnto E∣lisa, saying: Thy ser∣uaunt my husband is dead, & thou knowest that thy seruaunt did feare the Lorde: And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes to be his bondmen.
2 Elisa saide vnto her: Tell me what I shall do for thee? What hast thou in thyne house? She saide: Thyne hande∣mayde hath nothing at all in the house, saue a pitcher with oyle.
3 He saide vnto her: Go, and borow ves∣sels for thee [of them that are] without, [euen] of all thy neighbours, emptie ves∣sels, and that not a fewe:
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore after thee and after thy sonnes, and powre out into (a) 1.1 all those vessels: and set asyde that which is full.
5 And so she went from him, and shut the doore after her & after her sonnes: And they brought to her, & she powred out.
6 And it came to passe, that when the vessels were ful, she said vnto her sonne: Bryng me yet a vessel. And he said vnto her: I haue no mo. And ye oyle ceassed.
7 Then she came and tolde the man of God: And he sayde, Go, and sell the [unspec B] oyle, and pay them that thou art in debt vnto: but lyue thou and thy children of the rest.
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was a great woman, that toke him in for to eate bread: And so it came to passe, that from that tyme foorth (as oft as he came that way) he turned in thyther to eate bread.
9 And she saide vnto her husband: Be∣holde, I perceaue that this is an holy man of God which passeth by vs conti∣nually.
10 Let vs make him a little chamber I pray thee, with walles, & let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candelsticke: that he may turne in thyther when he commeth to vs.
11 And it fortuned on a day that he came thither, and turned into the chamber, & lay therein,
12 And saide to Gehezi his seruaunt: Call this Sunamite. And when he called her, she presented her selfe before him.
13 And againe he said vnto him: Tel her, beholde thou hast ben carefull for vs