KJV King James Version
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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1 Kings 17:19
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
WEB World English Bible
He said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith unto her, ‘Give to me thy son;’ and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 17
16 [And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלֶ֖יהָH413 · elto(wards)תְּנִֽי־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִ֣יH9030 · nimeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵ֑ךְH1121 · benson: childוַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמֵחֵיקָ֗הּH2436 · cheqbosom: embraceוַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָעֲלִיָּ֗הH5944 · a.liy.yahupper roomאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itיֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereוַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downעַל־H5921 · aluponמִטָּתֽוֹ׃H4296 · mit.tahbed
Cross-references
2 Kings 4:32And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.Acts 9:37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber.2 Kings 4:21And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.2 Kings 4:10Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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