7. It happened after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
9. “Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you.”
10. So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There was a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, “Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink.”
11. She went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12. She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, surely I do not have a cake, but only a handful of flour in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I am gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die.”