Genesis 20:16

To Sarah he said, “I have given your ‘brother’ a thousand pieces of silver as compensation in the sight of everyone here, and you are vindicated in the eyes of all.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Also Abimelech said, “My land lies before you; live wherever you please.”

17Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his slave-girls, so that they could have children (

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Cross References

Genesis 20:5Did Abraham not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister?’ And even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I acted innocently and in good faith.”

Genesis 26:11Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “The person who touches this man or his wife will be put to death.”

Jonah 1:6The captain of the ship went and said to him, “How can you sleep? Call on your god; perhaps that god will think of us, so that we may not be lost.”

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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