Genesis 20:17

Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

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In The King James Version

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

In Context

16Then to Sarah he said: “Behold, I have given your brother one thousand silver coins. This will be for you as a veil for your eyes, to all who are with you and wherever you will travel. And so, remember that you were taken.”

18For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:17But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.

Genesis 29:31But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

Ezra 6:10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and let them pray for the life of the king and for the lives of his sons.

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

Isaiah 45:11Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his Maker: Would you question me about the future, concerning my sons, and command me concerning the work of my hands?

Matthew 21:22And all things whatsoever that you shall ask for in prayer: believing, you shall receive.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 20:15-18

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. 17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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