Now Jacob cooked a stew. When Esau came in from the field, he was exhausted,
2 Kings 4:40 - Tree of Life Version Then they served it for the men to eat. But it came to pass as they were still eating the stew, they cried out and said, “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” So they could not eat it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they ate of the pottage, they cried out, O man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it. American Standard Version (1901) So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. Common English Bible The stew was served to the men, but as they started to eat it, they cried out and said, “There is death in that pot, man of God!” They couldn’t eat it. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they poured it out for their companions to eat. And when they had tasted the mixture, they cried out, saying, "Death is in the cooking pot, O man of God!" And they were unable to eat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they poured it out for their companions to eat: and when they had tasted of the pottage, they cried out saying: Death is in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat thereof. |
Now Jacob cooked a stew. When Esau came in from the field, he was exhausted,
So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
So the king again sent to him another captain of 50 with his 50 men, who addressed him and said, “O man of God, by order of the king, come down quickly!”
So the king again sent the captain of a third 50 with his 50. But when the third captain of 50 went up and came near, he knelt before Elijah, and begged him saying, “O man of God, please, let my life and the lives of these 50 servants of yours be precious in your eyes!
So the king sent a captain of 50 with his 50 to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. So he announced to him, “O man of God, by order of the king, come down!”
Then one of them went out into the field to gather herbs, found a wild vine and picked from it a lapful of wild gourds. Then he came back and sliced them into the stew pot, for they didn’t know what they were.
Then she said to her husband, “Behold now, I realize that this man who often passes through is a holy man of God.
Now forgive my sin, only this once, please! So pray to Adonai your God—just so He would take this death away from me!”
When they came to Marah, they could not drink from the waters because they were bitter. On account of this it was called Marah.
they will handle snakes; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed Bnei-Yisrael before his death.