10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread — only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
— 1 Kings 17:10-12