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2 Kings 4:162Kgs.4.16

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לַ/מּוֹעֵ֤ד הַ/זֶּה֙ כָּ/עֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אתי אַ֖תְּ חֹבֶ֣קֶת בֵּ֑ן וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר אַל אֲדֹנִ/י֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּ/שִׁפְחָתֶֽ/ךָ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Elisée lui dit: A cette même époque, l'année prochaine, tu embrasseras un fils. Et elle dit: Non! mon seigneur, homme de Dieu, ne trompe pas ta servante!

KJV

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 99 (Migne)

    tus judicio, hujus nimirum virulentae stirpis fruticem redivivo conari ramnifero serere in virgulto (IV Reg. IV, 16) . Unde et culpa morosae dilationis in respondendum, quoniam ex causa contigit necessario interventa: idcirco [Col. 0347C] impetrandam veniae fiduciam non titubabi…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 165 (Migne)

    ite, et habebit filium Sara [Col. 0314C] uxor tua: quibus conveniunt alia Elisaei ad mulierem Sunae IV Reg. IV, 16. In tempore isto, et in hac eadem hora, si vita comes fuerit, habebis in utero filium. ] , facere speramus. Ea videlicet exponemus in sequentibus, quae exposita non…

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