Genesis 20:17

Then 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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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

16To 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.”

18for the Lord had made every woman in Abimelech’s household barren, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife).

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Cross References

Genesis 12:17But the Lord sent great plagues to Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Genesis 29:31When the Lord saw that Leah was spurned, he gave her the gift of motherhood; Rachel, however, was barren.

Matthew 21:22And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.”

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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