³⁹ A man walked out into the fields to look for herbs, and he came across an uncultivated vine and picked enough wild gourds from it to fill the folds of his cloak. He chopped up the gourds and tossed them into the large pot of stew, not knowing what they were. ⁴⁰ Those who prepared the stew gave helpings of it to the men. While they were eating the stew, they cringed and pushed the bowls away from them. They could not eat it.

They brought him some meal, and Elisha threw it in the large pot and renewed the stew.

Everyone ate it, and there was nothing wrong with it this time.