Section 4:1-7

Elisha helped a poor widow

4:1a Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha,

A woman ⌊who had been⌋ married to one of the young/assistant prophets came and called to/on Elisha ⌊to help her⌋ . She said,

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⌊One day⌋ a widow ⌊came⌋ to Elisha and asked for help. Her husband had been a member of the community of prophets. She said,

4:1b “Your servant, my husband, is dead,

“Respected sir, my husband is dead.

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“My husband who respected/followed you (sing.) has died!

4:1c and you know that your servant feared the LORD.

You (sing.) know that/how he had great respect for Yahweh.

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As you (sing.) know, he honored and obeyed Yahweh.

4:1d And now his creditor is coming

But now a man who had lent him money has come.

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But he owed money to a man. ⌊I cannot pay it back.⌋ Now the man is on his way

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But ⌊in the past⌋ he had borrowed ⌊a lot of⌋ money from a man. Now that man has come ⌊to me⌋

4:1e to take my two children as his slaves!”

He wants to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

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to take away my two sons and make them his slaves.”

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to make my sons slaves ⌊as payment for the debt⌋ .”

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