Bible Strands
1 Kings 17:11
And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Elijah calls to a widow at the gate of Zarephath as she moves to gather sticks, requesting a piece of bread.
The words — The Hebrew לִקְחִי (likchi) commands "get" or "take," paired with נָא (na) "please" and פַּת (pat) "a piece of bread," forming a direct imperative for sustenance.
The thread — This threshold encounter mirrors the hospitality demanded in Genesis 18:5 and demonstrated in Genesis 24:18, where travelers receive food and drink from those at a city gate.
Why it lands — The text records Elijah’s request before the widow explains she possesses only enough flour and oil to prepare a final meal for herself and her son. It places the reader in a concrete moment where a prophet’s demand meets a household’s declared starvation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Cross-references
- Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
- Genesis 24:18 “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
- 1 Kings 17:9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
- 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- Matthew 10:42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- Hebrews 13:2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.