17 Elijah was a human beingLiterally "man," but in a generic sense; the emphasis is not on Elijah’s masculine gender but his shared humanity with the same nature as us, and he prayed ferventlyLiterally "he prayed with prayer" for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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