Genesis 20:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

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  • Jas 5:16 : 16 Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
  • 1 Thess 5:25 : 25 Brethren, pray for us;
  • Gen 20:7 : 7 and now send back the man's wife, for he `is' inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;
  • 1 Sam 5:11-12 : 11 And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, `Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death -- and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there, 12 and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.
  • Ezra 6:10 : 10 that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.
  • Job 42:9-9 : 9 And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job. 10 And Jehovah hath turned `to' the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add `to' all that Job hath -- to double.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 Far `is' Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
  • Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.'
  • Matt 7:7 : 7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
  • Matt 21:22 : 22 and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'
  • Acts 3:24 : 24 and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.

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    18for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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    14And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

    15and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land `is' before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;'

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    7and now send back the man's wife, for he `is' inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'

    8And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;

    9and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

    10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

    11And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

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    2and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;' and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

    3And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou `art' a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'

    4And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

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    1And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

    2and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

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    22And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God `is' with thee in all that thou art doing;

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    25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

  • Gen 17:15-19
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    15And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah `is' her name;

    16and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'

    17And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

    18And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

    19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

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    2and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

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    21And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she `is' barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

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    11And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

  • Gen 12:17
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    17And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram's wife.

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    27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

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    10And Abimelech saith, `What `is' this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'

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    5And Abraham `is' a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

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    20And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother: