And he said — i.e., when Gehazi had reported the woman’s reply.
She hath no child. — Which was at once a misfortune and a reproach. (Comp. Genesis 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6-7; Luke 1:25; Deuteronomy 7:13-14; Psalms 128:3-4.)
And he said — i.e., when Gehazi had reported the woman’s reply.
She hath no child. — Which was at once a misfortune and a reproach. (Comp. Genesis 30:23; 1 Samuel 1:6-7; Luke 1:25; Deuteronomy 7:13-14; Psalms 128:3-4.)
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.