A woman, a wife of one of the disciples of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband died, and you know that your servant was one who feared Adonoy. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons for himself as slaves.”

Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

And he said, “Go borrow containers from the outside, from all of your neighbors, empty containers, do not skimp.

And then come in and close the door behind yourself and behind your sons; pour into all these containers, and the full one[s] you shall remove.”

She went from him, and closed the door behind herself and behind her sons. They would bring [the containers] to her and she would pour.

When the containers were full she said to her son “Bring me another container,” and he said to her, “there is no other container.” Then the oil stopped.

She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your creditors, and you and your sons will live on the remainder.”

It was that day that Elisha passed through to Shuneim. There [lived] a prominent woman and she prevailed upon him to eat a meal; thereafter whenever he passed through he would go there to eat a meal.

She said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that he is a holy man of God who passes by us frequently.

Let us make a small attic room and put there for his use a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp. And whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

And the day came and he went there, and he turned into the attic room and he lay down there.

He said to Geichazi, his servant, “Call this Shunamis.” He called her and she stood before him.

And he said to him [Geichazi], “Please say to her, ‘Behold, you have busied yourself with us with all this attention. What can be done for you? Should we speak to the king on your behalf, or to the general of the army?’” She said, “I live in the midst of my people.”

And he [Elisha] said, “then what is there to do for her?” And Geichazi said, “She has no son and her husband is old.”

And he said, “Call her.” He called her and she stood at the doorway.

He [Elisha] said, “At this season [next year] when the time comes to give birth, you will be hugging a son.” And she said, “Do not my master, man of God, do not deceive your maidservant.”

The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season when the time was for her to give birth, as Elisha had spoken to her.

The boy grew up, and one day, he went out to his father to [join] the reapers.

And he said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to the young servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

And he carried him and brought him to his mother. He sat on her lap till noon and he died.

She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and she closed [the door] behind him and went out.

She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the young servants and one of donkeys, and I will hurry to the man of God, and I will return.

And he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither Rosh Chodesh nor Shabbos?” She said to him, “Peace [all is well].”

She saddled the donkey and said to her young servant, “Drive and go on; do not hold back the riding because of me, unless I tell you.”

And so she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her from a distance, he said to Geichazi, his servant, “Here is the Shunamis.”

Now please run and greet her, and say to her, “Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the boy?” And she said, “All is well.”

She came to the man of God, to the mountains, and took hold of his feet. Geichazi approached to push her away, but the man of God, said, “Leave her, for her soul is bitter, and Adonoy has concealed it from me and did not tell me.”

She said, “Did I ask for a son from my master? Did I not say, ‘Do not mislead me.’”

And he said to Geichazi, “Gird your loins [strengthen yourself], and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; and place my staff on the boy’s face.”

The boy’s mother said, “As Adonoy lives and by your life, I will not leave you.” He got up and followed her.

Geichazi had gone on ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face but there was no sound or awareness. He went back to meet him [Elisha], and told him saying, “the boy did not wake up.”

Elisha came into the house and behold the boy was dead, laid out on his bed.

He came in and closed the door behind both of them and he prayed to Adonoy.

He got up and lay down on the boy. He put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes upon his eyes, his palms on his palms, and he spread himself on him; and boy’s flesh became warm.

He got back [onto the floor] and walked in the house, once this way and once this way, and got up and spread himself upon him. The boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.

He then called Geichazi and said [to him], “Call this Shunamis.” He called her and she came to him [Elisha]. He [Elisha] said, “Lift up your son.”

She came in and fell at his feet, and prostrated herself to the ground. She lifted her son and went out.

Elisha returned to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land, and the disciples of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, “Put up the large pot and cook a porridge for the disciples of the prophets.”

One of them went out to the field to gather greens [herbs] and he found a vine in the field and gathered wild gourds from it, enough to fill his garment. He came and sliced [them] into the pot of porridge for they did not know [that it was poisonous].

They poured it out for the men to eat, and when they ate from the porridge, they screamed and said, “Death is in the pot O man of God.” They could not eat.

And he said, “Bring some flour,” and he threw it into the pot, and said, “Pour it out for the people and let them eat,” and there was nothing harmful in the pot.”

A man came from Ba’al-Shalishah and he brought for the man of God bread from the first crop, twenty loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in their shells, and he said, “Give to the people and let them eat.”

His servant said, “How will I present this before a hundred men?” He said, “Give it to the people and they will eat, for Adonoy has said, ‘they will eat and have left over.”

And he gave it to them, and they ate and left over as was the word of Adonoy.