27 When she came up to the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet.(A) Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone—she is in severe anguish,(B) and the Lord has hidden it from me. He hasn’t told me.”

28 Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”(C)

29 So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle(D) under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don’t stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don’t answer him.(E) Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

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