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Genesis 20:17

So Avraham davened unto Elohim: and Elohim healed Avimelech, and his isha, and his maidservants so that they bore children.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

16And unto Sarah he said, Hinei, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of kesef; hinei, it is to thee a kesut einayim (covering of the eyes, exoneration), unto all that are with thee, and with all other; thus she was vindicated.

18For Hashem had fast closed up kol rechem (every womb) of the bais Avimelech, on account of Sarah Avrahamʼs isha.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:17And Hashem plagued Pharaoh and his Bais with nega'im gedolim because of Sarai eshet Avram.

Genesis 29:31And when Hashem saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb but Rachel was barren.

Ezra 6:10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the Elohei Shomayim, and pray for the chayyei Melech, and of his banim.

Proverbs 15:8The zevach of the resha'im is a to'evah to Hashem, 1 but the tefillah (prayer) of the yesharim is His delight. 1

Isaiah 45:11Thus saith Hashem, 1 Kadosh Yisroel, and its Yotzer: 1 Will ye ask Me of otiyyot (things to come, future things) 1 concerning My banim, 1 and will ye command Me regarding the po'al of My hands? 1

Matthew 21:22And, when you daven, all things whatever for which you may make techinnah (petition, supplication) with emunah, you will receive.

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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