...up ? A. God sent him to a woman of Sarepta, near Sidon, to be maintained by her, when she had only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse, 1 Kings xvii. 9, &c. 16 Q. How could this maintain the woman, her son, and the prophet ? A....

...she would not stick at 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...

...land. Elias was sent by Jehovah to a widow of Sidon, whose whole stock of provision was reduced to a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise? He was divinely commissioned to assure her that the meal should not •waste, nor the oil fail...

...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 in a cruse, and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that...

...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...

...morsel of bread in thy hand. And she told him her circumstances, and said, As the Lord 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 go in and dress it for me and my son, that...

...signify a few, or very 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...

...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, 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...

...the bread, if necessity had not pressed her. " 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 cruise; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that...

...liring me, I pray Ihee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. * 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, W[0 cruse : and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my »on, that...