2 Kings 4:16
“And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said, Nay my lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto thine handmaid.”
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2 Kings 4:16 Context
14And he said, What then is to bee done for her? And Gehazi answered, Uerily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 15And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the doore. 16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said, Nay my lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto thine handmaid. 17And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that season, that Elisha had said vnto her, according to the time of life. 18¶ And when the child was growen, it fell on a day that hee went out to his father, to the reapers.
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And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- King James Version
Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son. And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)