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Elijah asks her to make him bread first and promises the flour and oil will last until rain.
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1 Kings 17:13-14

First make a small cake

Elijah in the Drought · 1 Kings 17

Story guide: Elijah speaks to the widow, asking for a small cake first and promising that her flour and oil will last until the rain comes.

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13Elijah said to her, “Do not fear. Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf of bread from what you have and bring it out to me; afterward make some for yourself and your son.

14For this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘The flour in the jar will not be used up, and the oil in the jug will not run out, until the day Yahweh gives rain on the ground.’”

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