“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
Elisha tells the man to lift it out, and he reaches out his hand and takes it.
It closes the incident with the tool restored to its owner.
1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” 3Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” 4So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees. 5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” 6“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. 7“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.