6. Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”He said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” Then they both went on.
7. Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
8. Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.
9. When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.”Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”