Bible in Basic English
"Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan."
— 1 Kings 17:3, Bible in Basic English
“Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.”
And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.