Genesis 20:17

And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren.

Bible (Bishops')

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

16But vnto Sara he saide: See I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of syluer: beholde, it is as a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with thee, and to all [other:] and thus she was reproued.

18For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:17But the Lorde plagued Pharao and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe.

Genesis 29:31When the Lorde sawe that Lea was despised, he made her fruitfull, and Rachel remayned baren.

Proverbs 15:8The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.

Isaiah 45:11Thus saith the Lorde, euen the holy one and maker of Israel: Aske me of thinges for to come concerning my sonnes, and put me in remembraunce as touching the workes of my handes.

Matthew 21:22And all thynges, whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer, beleuyng, ye shall receaue them.

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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