And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am getting two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die. 1 Kings 11-12