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11 One day when Elisha came there, he went into the room and lay down. 12 Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the woman of Shunem.” He called her, and she stood in front of him.

13 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘You have been very concerned about us. What can we do for you? Is there something we can request for you from the king or from the commander of the army?’”

She said, “I am living among my own people.”

14 Then he said, “What can be done for her?”

Then Gehazi said, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

15 He said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood at the doorway.

16 Then he said to her, “At this time next year, you will be holding a son.”

But she said, “No, my lord, you man of God. Do not deceive your servant.”

17 But the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son at that same time of year, just as Elisha said to her.

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