Tanach
Melachim I 17:2-7 מלכים א י״ז:ב׳-ז׳
Part of: Chapter 17
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וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹֽר׃
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
לֵךְ מִזֶּה וּפָנִיתָ לְּךָ קֵדְמָה וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ בְּנַחַל כְּרִית אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide in the valley of Kris, which faces the Yardein.
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide in the valley of Kris, which faces the Yardein.
Rashi
וְהָיָה מֵהַנַּחַל תִּשְׁתֶּה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִים צִוִּיתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ שָֽׁם׃
From the brook you will drink, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
From the brook you will drink, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנַחַל כְּרִית אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
He went and did according to the word of Adonoy. He went and dwelled in the valley of Kris which faces the Yardein.
He went and did according to the word of Adonoy. He went and dwelled in the valley of Kris which faces the Yardein.
וְהָעֹרְבִים מְבִאִים לוֹ לֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בַּבֹּקֶר וְלֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בָּעָרֶב וּמִן־הַנַּחַל יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
And the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and bread and meat each evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
And the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and bread and meat each evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ יָמִים וַיִּיבַשׁ הַנָּחַל כִּי לֹא־הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ {ס}
After a number of days the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
After a number of days the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Rashi
ויבש הנחל. כדי שידע צורך הגשמים ויטריח לגלות, שהיה קשה בעיני הקב"ה שישראל שרויין מתים ברעב:
The brook dried up. In order that he realize the need for rain and trouble himself to go into exile, for it was displeasing to the Holy One Blessed Is He, that Yisroel should be living in hunger.5See Maseches Sanhedrin 113a and Rashi there.
ונסתרת. מפני אחאב ואיזבל:
And hide. From Achov and Ezevel.4No one should know where you are.—Radak