Genesis 20:16
and to Sarah he has said, “Behold, I have given one thousand pieces of silver to your brother; behold, it is to you a covering of eyes, to all who are with you”; and by all this she is reasoned with.
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15and Abimelech says, “Behold, my land [is] before you, where it is good in your eyes, dwell”;
17And Abraham prays to God, and God heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
Cross References
Genesis 20:5Has he not himself said to me, She [is] my sister! And she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocence of my hands, I have done this.”
Genesis 26:11and Abimelech commands all the people, saying, “He who comes against this man or against his wife, dying does die.”
Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, || Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.
Proverbs 25:12A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, || [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Jonah 1:6And the chief of the company draws near to him and says to him, “What are you [doing], O sleeper? Rise, call to your God, it may be God considers Himself of us, and we do not perish.”
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 →