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 unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the 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 bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.

43 And he 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 ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand.' And he said: 'Go up, say unto Ahab: Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.'

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