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“Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi[a] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[b] It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi,[c] and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there.” So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi[d] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:3 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  2. 1 Kings 17:3 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”
  3. 1 Kings 17:4 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  4. 1 Kings 17:5 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  5. 1 Kings 17:5 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”

“Leave here, turn eastward and hide(A) in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(B) to supply you with food there.”

So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.

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