以利沙說：「你去，向你眾鄰舍借空器皿，不要少借； 回到家裏，關上門，你和你兒子在裏面將油倒在所有的器皿裏，倒滿了的放在一邊。」 ……婦人去告訴神人，神人說：「你去賣油還債，所剩的你和你兒子可以靠着度日。」 列王紀下 4:3-4, 7
Then Elisha said, ‘Go to the people who live near you. Ask them all to lend you many pots. The pots must be empty. Then go into your house. Shut the door behind you and behind your sons. Pour the oil that you have into all those pots. When each pot is full, put it by your side.’ ……Then she went and she told all this to the man of God. He said, ‘Go and sell the oil. Use some of the money to pay that man who wants your sons. Buy food for you and for your sons with what you do not need to pay the man.’ 2 Kings 4:3-4, 7