Genesis 20:17
And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
16And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
Cross References
Genesis 12:17But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.
Genesis 29:31And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.
Ezra 6:10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.
Proverbs 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
Isaiah 45:11Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.
Matthew 21:22And in all things whatsoever you shall ask 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 →