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1 Kings 17:121Kgs.17.12

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, 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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et elle répondit: L'Eternel, ton Dieu, est vivant! je n'ai rien de cuit, je n'ai qu'une poignée de farine dans un pot et un peu d'huile dans une cruche. Et voici, je ramasse deux morceaux de bois, puis je rentrerai et je préparerai cela pour moi et pour mon fils; nous mangerons, après quoi nous mourrons.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)

    non habeo panem, nisi quantum pugillus potest capere farinae in hydria et paululum olei in lecytho (III Reg. XVII, 12) . Vivere Dominum dicit, dum eum efficacem ad tantam de substantia in substantiam immutationem fideliter sentit; nec habere se panem perhibet, nisi quantum farina…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 157 (Migne)

    laethales morsus ignitorum serpentium (Num. XXI, 9) . Hoc item in duobus lignis Sareptanae viduae (III Reg. XVII, 12) , figurae matris Ecclesiae: hoc praemonstratum est per lignum, quo ferrum, quod elapsum de manubrio, cecidit filio prophetae [Col. 0388B] (IV Reg. VI, 6) . P…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)

    et faciam mihi de pugillo farinae, et de hydria olei, et comedam et moriar, vel non tam cito moriar (III Reg. XVII, 10-16) : imo, Domine, non moriar, sed vivam [Col. 0378C] et narrem opera Domini (Psal. CXVII, 17) . Stans igitur in domo solitudinis quasi onager solitarius, et ha…

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