push her away • Elisha stopped him, sensing the mother’s bitter grief & sorrow 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 4) The mother poured out her soul to Elisha: Her pain was worse than having no child at all 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive