17:10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup 1 of water, so I can take a drink.”
17:11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” 2 17:12 She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” 3
1 tnHeb “a little.”
2 tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “in your hand.”
3 tnHeb “Look, I am gathering two sticks and then I will go and make it for me and my son and we will eat it and we will die.”