Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
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Genesis 12:17And God afflicted Pharaoh with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Genesis 29:31And when the Lord God saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Ezra 6:10that they may offer sweet savors to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; 1 But the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. 1
Isaiah 45:11For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Inquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me.
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 →