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Genesis 20:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare "
Genesis 20:17
Verse in Context
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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth
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.
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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Genesis 20:1
"And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar."
Genesis 20:1
"And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar."
Genesis 20:2
"And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah."
Genesis 20:3
"But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife."
Genesis 20:4
"But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?"
Genesis 20:5
"Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done"
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