“Arise, go to (A)Zarephath, which belongs to (B)Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

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“Go at once to Zarephath(A) in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow(B) there to supply you with food.”

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26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to [a]Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:26 Gr. Sarepta

26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.(A)

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20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As (A)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
(B)Shall possess the cities of the [a]South.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev

20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(A)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(B)

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Cast Down but Unconquered

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us.

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A Gentile Shows Her Faith(A)

21 (B)Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, (C)Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”

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The Faith of a Canaanite Woman(A)

21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.(B) 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David,(C) have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”(D)

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And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the (A)ravens to feed you there.”

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You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(A) to supply you with food there.”

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17 (as it is written, (A)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls those (C)things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, (D)“So shall your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, (E)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), (F)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised (G)He was also able to perform.

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17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(E) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[b](F) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(G)—since he was about a hundred years old(H)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(I) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(J) in his faith and gave glory to God,(K) 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
  2. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.”

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But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many(A) men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

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And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel (A)claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength(A) has saved me.’

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