Add parallel Print Page Options

14 And he said, What then will she that I do to her? (And he said, What then desireth her that I should do for her?) [And] Gehazi said to him, Ask thou not (me), for she hath no son, and her husband is eld.

15 Therefore Elisha commanded, that he should call her (back). And when she was called, and stood before the door,

16 he said to her, In this time, as in (the) time of life (At this time, next year), thou shalt embrace a son.[a] And she answered, Do not thou, my lord, the man of God, I beseech (thee), do not thou lie to thine handmaid.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:16 That is, ‘In the year turned about (When the year is turned about), thou shalt live (as) whole as now, and thou shalt embrace a son born then,’ as Rabbi Solomon saith.