1 Kings 19:20

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So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

World English Bible (WEB)

And he left{H5800}{(H8799)} the oxen{H1241}, and ran{H7323}{(H8799)} after{H310} Elijah{H452}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me, I pray thee, kiss{H5401}{(H8799)} my father{H1} and my mother{H517}, and then I will follow{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} thee. And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Go back{H3212}{(H8798)} again{H7725}{(H8798)}: for what have I done{H6213}{(H8804)} to thee?

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The F.O.G Paraphrase

and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, ‘Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.’ And he saith to him, ‘Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?’

Young's Literal Translation

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1 Kings 19:20

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