2. The word of the Lord came to him, saying,
3. “Go from here and turn eastward and hide by the Kerith brook, which is east of the Jordan.
4. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5. So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by the Kerith brook, which is east of the Jordan.
6. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7. After some time, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8. The word of the Lord came to him, saying,