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16 he said to her, In this time, as in (the) time of life (At this time, next year), thou shalt embrace a son.[a] And she answered, Do not thou, my lord, the man of God, I beseech (thee), do not thou lie to thine handmaid.

17 And the woman conceived, and childed a son in the time, and in the same hour, in which Elisha had said. (And the woman conceived, and bare a son at the time, and at the hour, in which Elisha had said.)

18 Soothly the child increased; and when some day was, and the child was gone out, and went to his father, and to the reapers, (And the child grew; and then one day, when the child went out to his father, and to the reapers,)

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  1. 2 Kings 4:16 That is, ‘In the year turned about (When the year is turned about), thou shalt live (as) whole as now, and thou shalt embrace a son born then,’ as Rabbi Solomon saith.