Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
Then she came and told the man of God what had happened. And he said, 'Go, sell the oil, and pay off your debt, and you and your children can live on what's left over.'
The writer is showing how God provided abundantly for a widow in desperate need - enough to pay her debts and still have money left to live on.
📚 Historical Context
This is the conclusion of the story where the prophet Elisha miraculously multiplied a widow's small jar of oil to fill many containers. In ancient Israel, widows had no social safety net and could lose their children to creditors as slaves if they couldn't pay their debts. Elisha's miracle not only saved her family from poverty but gave them enough to start fresh.
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