^{28 Ref} Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

^{29 Ref} Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

^{30 Ref} But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.