41 Então, disse Elias a Acabe: Sobe, come e bebe, porque já se ouve ruído de abundante chuva. 42 Subiu Acabe a comer e a beber; Elias, porém, subiu ao cimo do Carmelo, e, encurvado para a terra, meteu o rosto entre os joelhos, 43 e disse ao seu moço: Sobe e olha para o lado do mar. Ele subiu, olhou e disse: Não há nada. Então, lhe disse Elias: Volta. E assim por sete vezes. 44 À sétima vez disse: Eis que se levanta do mar uma nuvem pequena como a palma da mão do homem. Então, disse ele: Sobe e dize a Acabe: Aparelha o teu carro e desce, para que a chuva não te detenha. 45 Dentro em pouco, os céus se enegreceram, com nuvens e vento, e caiu grande chuva. Acabe subiu ao carro e foi para Jezreel.

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees,

43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there rises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man' hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get you down that the rain stop you not.

45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.