6. Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, because Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, I will certainly not leave you!” So the two of them went on.
7. Then fifty men from the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8. Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water. It divided in two, and the two of them crossed over on dry land.
9. After they crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I may do for you before I am taken away from you.” Then Elisha said, “Please let there come to me a double portion of your spirit.”
10. He said, “What you ask is difficult. If you see me being taken from you, it will be so for you, but if not, it will not happen.”
11. Then they were walking, talking as they went. Suddenly a fiery chariot with horses of fire appeared and separated between the two of them. Elijah went up in the storm to the heavens