SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:13
Y Elías le dijo: No tengas temor; ve, haz como has dicho; pero hazme a mí primero de ello un pequeño pan cocido debajo de la ceniza, y tráemelo; y después harás para ti y para tu hijo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:13
Verse 13. But make me thereof a little cake first] This was certainly putting the widow's faith to an extraordinary trial: to take and give to a stranger, of whom she knew nothing, the small pittance requisite to keep her child from perishing, was too much to be expected.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And Elijah said unto her, fear not , etc.] That she and her son should die, it would not be the case: go and do as thou hast said : mix her meal and her oil, and make a cake thereof, and bake it: but make thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son : which was not said from a selfish spirit of the prophet, but to try the faith of the woman; and besides, as Abarbinel observes, the prophet was not only hungry and thirsty through his journey, and so required to be served first, but it was for the sake of his sustenance, that the Lord would command a blessing on the meal and oil; wherefore, if she dressed it for herself and her son first, there would have been none left for the divine blessing to descend upon.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-16 - Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, and some, it is likely, would have bidden him welcome to their houses; yet he is sen to honour and bless with his presence a city of Sidon, a Gentile city and so becomes the first prophet of the Gentiles. Jezebel was Elijah' greatest enemy; yet, to show her how powerless was her malice, God wil find a hiding-place for him even in her own country. The perso appointed to entertain Elijah is not one of the rich or great men of Sidon; but a poor widow woman, in want, and desolate, is made both able and willing to sustain him. It is God's way, and it is his glory, to make use of, and put honour upon, the weak and foolish things of the world. O woman, great was thy faith; one has not found the like, no no in Israel. She took the prophet's word, that she should not lose by it Those who can venture upon the promise of God, will make no difficult to expose and empty themselves in his service, by giving him his par first. Surely the increase of this widow's faith, so as to enable he thus readily to deny herself, and to depend upon the Divine promise was as great a miracle in the kingdom of grace, as the increase of he meal and oil in the kingdom of providence. Happy are all who can thus against hope, believe and obey in hope. One poor meal's meat this poor widow gave the prophet; in recompence of it, she and her son did ea above two years, in a time of famine. To have food from God's specia favour, and in such good company as Elijah, made it more than doubl sweet. It is promised to those who trust in God, that they shall not be ashamed in evil time; in days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 אליה 413 אליהו 452 אל 408 תיראי 3372 באי 935 עשׂי 6213 כדברך 1697 אך 389 עשׂי 6213 לי משׁם 8033 עגה 5692 קטנה 6996 בראשׁנה 7223 והוצאת 3318 לי ולך ולבנך 1121 תעשׂי 6213 באחרנה׃ 314
