20 Then he left the oxen behind and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please (A)let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for [a]what have I done to you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 19:20 I.e., so as to influence Elisha’s decision

20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”(A) he said, “and then I will come with you.”

“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

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