 And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.  Conversations on the Bible, by a lady - Page 297by Lady - 1824 - 437 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...few. Thus, the widow woman said to the prophet ; " As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise : And behold I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil...it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not ; go and do as thou hast said : but make me thereof a little... | |
 | 1847 - 798 pages
...have bread for to-day, but none for to-morrow." " Oh !" saith the widow to the man of God, " I h>« but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil...dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die " (1 Kings xvii. 12). Ah, poor woman ! little did she think that by sustaining the man of God, herself... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...morsel of bread in thy hand. * 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a ft. »on, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unlo her, Fear not ; go and do as ihou hast said... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a harrel, and a little oil in a cruise : and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may...dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and having been the first to whom his afflicted brother had, several years ago, opened his mind upon divine... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1826 - 468 pages
...have not a cake, but a handful of meal, and a little oil, and I am gathering two sticks, that I may dress it for me, and my son, that we may eat it, and die." Here the prophet's faith breaks forth. " Fear not ; first make me a little cake ; — the barrel of... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...Elijah, Now >y this I know that tbou art a man of God, tend that the word of the LORD in thy mouth meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse : and behold, 1 am gathering two sticks, that 1 may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, aod... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, s : and he shall thrust out the enemy from before...the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said : but make me thereof a little cake... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pages
...widow reduced to the last extremity, having nothing left, through lhe severity of the drought, save " a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse;" of which she was about to make a little cake, to share the last sari morsel with her only child, and... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1829 - 442 pages
...thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil...it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake... | |
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