Genesis 20:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 12:17 : 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
  • Gen 16:2 : 2 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
  • Gen 20:7 : 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.
  • Gen 30:2 : 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb.
  • 1 Sam 5:10 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

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  • Gen 20:17
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    17So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

  • Gen 18:10-11
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    77%

    10And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in age, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

  • Gen 20:2-4
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

    3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

    4But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

  • Gen 21:1-2
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    1And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as He had spoken.

    2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Gen 12:17-18
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    17And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

    18And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

  • Gen 20:7-11
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    7Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.

    8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were very afraid.

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.

    10And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?

    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    74%

    14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

    15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.

  • Gen 18:13-15
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    13And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?

    14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

    15Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.

  • Gen 17:15
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    15And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  • Gen 26:10-11
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    10And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

    11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 11:30
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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Gen 24:36
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    36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

  • Gen 16:1-2
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    1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children; and she had a maidservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

    2And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I will obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

  • Gen 21:25
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    25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

  • Gen 21:22
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    22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him.

  • Gen 25:21
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    21And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  • Gen 21:5
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    5And Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.