And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.