 | Hugh Worthington - 1822 - 556 pages
...situation ; — mentioning the scanty supply of provisions which yet remained to her, she added, " And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may...it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." Here was no despondency, no giving way to despair ; though hope was just expiring in the socket, a... | |
 | 1822 - 588 pages
...thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruise, and behold 1 am gathering two sticks that I may go in, and dress...it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." It is plain that the. woman, though not an Israelite herself, had heard. of the name of the Lord God... | |
 | 1822 - 816 pages
...only a handful of "meal in a pot, anil a little oil in a cruse : behold I am gathering two >ticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elias said to her, Fear not, but go and do as thou hast said: but first make for me of the same meal... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...the bread, if necessity had not pressed her; ' As the Lord thy God liveth, 1 have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse ; and behold, 1 am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it and... | |
 | Lady - 1824 - 452 pages
...applied to her for a little water and a morsel of bread : " As the Lord liveth," said she, " 1 have 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 !" But how was her despair converted into joy, when he directed hei " to go first and prepare him a... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...me, I pray 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 in a " cruse : and behold, 1 am gathering " two sticks, that I may go in, and " dress it for me and my son, that we " may eat... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1829 - 304 pages
...begged her to go and fetch him "a little water and a morsel of bread." She told him her poverty: "I have but an 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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the I. n mi thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel,...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 first, and bring... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 pages
...thy God livcth, 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...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 first, and bring... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...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...it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." The phrase is used in the same sense by the prophet concerning the reduced state of his people ; "... | |
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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. 
