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He rose up and fled for his life, going to Beer-sheba in Judah, and he left his servant there. He went a day’s journey off into the desert. He came to a broom tree and sat down under it, and he asked to die. He said, “It is enough, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

As he lay there, he fell asleep under the broom tree, and, behold, an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat!”

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