When the man of the true God declines the invitation, the old man replies: “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel himself spoke to me by the word of Jehovah, saying, ‘ Have him come back with you to your house that he may eat bread and drink water. ’ ”
وَعِنْدَمَا رَفَضَ نَبِيُّ ٱللهِ ٱلدَّعْوَةَ ،‏ قَالَ لَهُ ٱلشَّيْخُ :‏ « أَنَا أَيْضًا نَبِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ ،‏ وَقَدْ كَلَّمَنِي مَلَاكٌ بِكَلِمَةِ يَهْوَهَ ،‏ قَائِلًا :‏ ‹ أَرْجِعْهُ مَعَكَ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ خُبْزًا وَيَشْرَبَ مَاءً › » .‏