occasion upon which Elijah is woken to eat (v. 7)—and now it becomes clear also that there is more to the divine plan than food and sleep. Elijah thought his journey was over; he had had enough (Hb. raḇ, v. 4). But now he is to fortify himself for a further journey, that will be too much (Hb. raḇ, v. 7) for him if he does not eat. Food was God’s response when, at the end (as he thought) of his journey, Elijah cried “Enough!”; now food is provided a second time so that he will genuinely have enough