As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
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As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.'
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 17:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 18:5 I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
- Genesis 24:18-19 She said, “Drink, my lord.” She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink. When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw for your camels, until they have finished drinking.”
- 1 Kings 17:9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
- 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- Matthew 10:42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”
- Matthew 25:35-40 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’ “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
- Hebrews 13:2 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 17:11 And as she was going to fetch…
1Ki 17:11 And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Ver. 11. And as she was going, &c.] He found her facile to the first motion, saw God in it, and maketh a second.
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Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.] {a} He calleth not for cates, but bread; and a little of that shall serve him too. It doth ill become a servant of the Highest to be a slave to his palate.
{a} Buccellam, frustum.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which he said only to try her, and to…
Which he said only to try her, and to make way for what follows.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And as she was going to fetch it,.... For…
And as she was going to fetch it,.... For she made no difficulty of granting his request, but immediately set out to fetch him some water from the city, or some spring close by, or her own house; being very ready to do an hospitable act to a stranger, and especially to a good man, and a prophet, as she might perceive by his habit he was, as it seems by what follows:
and said, bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand; to eat before he drank; this he said still further to try her whether she was the person that was to sustain him, as well as in order to lead on to more discourse with her.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. And as she was going to fetch it]…
11. And as she was going to fetch it] She is prepared to obey the request of the stranger. By her language in the next verse ‘As the Lord thy God liveth’ she accepts Elijah as a worshipper of Jehovah. The near neighbourhood of Phœnicia makes it easy to understand that the worship of Jehovah would be known to the inhabitants, and the woman would recognize an Israelite in Elijah both by speech and dress.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And as she was going to fetch it The…
And as she was going to fetch it The gift of water to the thirsty is always regarded as a sacred duty in the East. "Never yet during many years" residence in Syria and many a long day"s travel, have I been refused a draught of water by a single individual of any sect or race. The Bedawy in the desert has shared with me the last drop in his waterskin" (Porter). It is clear that the water supply of Phoenicia had not entirely failed. "The fresh streams of Lebanon would retain their life giving power long after the scantier springs of Palestine had been dried up," Stanley he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread The request for food will soon reveal to him whether this is the widow woman who is to sustain him in thine hand. Bahr would understand here, "Give me a morsel of the bread which thou hast in thine handeinen Bissen des Brodes das du besitzest and he has the LXX, ywmo sou, to support him. But it is fatal to this view
(1) that the verb is yjiqli the same as already used in the request for water (ver. 10), and
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(2) that there is no article before bread. "The bread in thine hand" would have been clear, but the words as they stand can only mean, "Bring me, together with the water in the vessel, a morsel of bread in thine hand." Besides, "in thy possession" would probably have been expressed by "under thine hand," as in 1Sa_21:3, 1Sa_21:4, 1Sa_21:8, though "in the hand" is found in Ecc_5:13; Ezr_7:25, in a somewhat similar sense.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 As Yahweh your God lives
As Yahweh your God lives
This phrase is an oath to emphasize that what she will say is true.
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only a handful of meal
"only a little bit of meal"
meal
"flour." This what is used to make bread.
See, I
"Let me tell you what I am doing: I"
two sticks
This may refer to two sticks or to only a few sticks. (See: Numbers)
that we may eat it, and die
It is implied that they will die because they do not have anymore food. AT: "that we may eat. Afterwards, we will starve to death" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
afterward make some for you and for your son
It is implicit that there would be enough flour and oil to make more bread. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
translationWords
Yahweh
God
oil
die
Elijah
fear
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