And Eliou said to Elisaie: Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me as far as Baithel. And Elisaie said: As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Baithel.
And the sons of the prophets who were at Baithel came to Elisaie and said to him: Do you know that today the Lord is taking your master from over your head? And he said: I too know it; be silent.
And Eliou said to Elisaie: Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me to Iericho. And Elisaie said: As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you. And they came to Iericho.
And the sons of the prophets who were at Iericho drew near to Elisaie and said to him: Do you know that today the Lord is taking your master from over your head? And he said: Indeed I know it; be silent.
And Eliou said to him: Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me as far as the Iordanes. And Elisaie said: As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you. And the two of them went on together.
And Eliou took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was divided this way and that, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
And it happened, as they were crossing over, that Eliou said to Elisaie: Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken up from you. And Elisaie said: Let there be a double measure in your spirit upon me.
And it happened, as they were going, that they went on talking; and behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and they separated the two of them, and Eliou was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.
And Elisaie was watching, and he cried out: Father, father, chariot of Israel and its horseman! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments and tore them into two pieces.
And he took the mantle of Eliou which had fallen from above him and struck the water, and it did not part. And he said: Where is the God of Eliou, apphō? And he struck the waters, and they were split this way and that, and Elisaie crossed over.
And the sons of the prophets who were at Iericho saw him from opposite and said: The spirit of Eliou has come to rest upon Elisaie. And they came to meet him and did obeisance to him to the ground.
And they said to him: Behold now, with your servants there are fifty men, sons of valor. Let them go, please, and seek your master, lest a spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him into the Iordanes, or onto one of the mountains, or onto one of the hills. And Elisaie said: You shall not send them.
And Elisaie went out to the outflow of the waters and threw salt there and said: Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters; there shall no longer come from there death or barrenness.
And he went up from there to Baithel. And as he was going up on the road, little boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him: Go up, baldy! Go up!
And he turned around behind them and saw them and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And behold, two bears came out of the forest and tore apart forty-two of the children.