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The widow explains the nearly empty flour jar and oil jug and fears for herself and her son.
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1 Kings 17:12

A handful of flour

Elijah in the Drought · 1 Kings 17

Story guide: The widow shows how little remains, a handful of flour and a little oil, as she tells of her fear for herself and her son.

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12And she said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread-cake, only a handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the jug. And look, I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and prepare it for myself and for my son, and we may eat it and die.”

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