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28 Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? (A)Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?’” 29 He said to Gehazi, (B)“Tie up your garment and (C)take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, (D)do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And (E)lay my staff on the face of the child.” 30 Then the mother of the child said, (F)“As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

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28 “Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she said. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t raise my hopes’?”

29 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt,(A) take my staff(B) in your hand and run. Don’t greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

30 But the child’s mother said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

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