Genesis 20:17

Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore 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, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”

18For the LORD had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:17The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Genesis 29:31The LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Ezra 6:10that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 45:11The LORD, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

Matthew 21:22All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, 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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