A woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha: “My husband, your servant, has died . . . and the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves.” Said Elisha to her: “. . . Tell me, what have you in your home?” And she answered: “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a cruse of oil.” Said [Elisha]: “Go, borrow vessels . . . from all your neighbors; empty vessels, only that they not be few. . . . And pour [of your oil] into these vessels . .
