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1 Kings 17:8-16

Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "Go now to Zarephath, which
belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to
feed you."  So he set out and went to Zarephath.  When he came to the gate
of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and
said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink."  As she
was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of
bread in your hand."  But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have
nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug;
I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare
it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die."  Elijah said to
her, "Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a
little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for
yourself and your son.  For thus says the LORD the God of Israel: The jar
of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day
that the LORD sends rain on the earth."  She went and did as Elijah said,
so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days.  The jar of
meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the
word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.