2 Kings 4:38-41
Lexham English Bible
Elisha Secures the Food
38 So Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now the famine was in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, put on the large pot and cook a stew for the sons of the prophets. 39 One went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine[a] and gathered wild gourds from it and filled his cloak. Then he came and cut them into the pot of stew, but they did not know what they were. 40 They served the men to eat, but when they ate from the stew, they cried out and said, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” They were not able to eat it. 41 Then he said, “Bring some flour,” and he threw it into the pot. He then said, “Serve the people and let them eat.” There was nothing harmful in the pot.
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- 2 Kings 4:39 Literally “a vine of the field”
2 Kings 4:38-41
English Standard Version
Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew
38 And Elisha came again to (A)Gilgal when (B)there was a famine in the land. And as (C)the sons of the prophets (D)were sitting before him, he said to his servant, (E)“Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39 One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. 40 And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it. 41 He said, “Then bring flour.” (F)And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot.
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