Genesis 20:17
New Revised Standard Version
Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

New American Bible
Abraham then interceded with God, and God restored health to Abimelech, to his wife, and his maidservants, so that they bore children;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

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And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

Genesis 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

Genesis 29:31 And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.

1 Samuel 5:11,12 They sent therefore, and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return into its own place, and not kill us and our people. . . .

Ezra 6:10 And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.

Job 42:9,10 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite went, and did as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job. . . .

Proverbs 15:8,29 The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable. . . .

Isaiah 45:11 Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Matthew 21:22 And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you shall receive.

Acts 3:24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and afterwards, who have spoken, have told of these days.

Philippians 4:6 Be nothing solicitous: but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 Brethren, pray for us.

James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
16And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken. 17And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:18For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.…
Cross References
James 5:16
Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

Numbers 12:13
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying O God, I beseech thee heal her.

Numbers 21:7
Upon which they came to Moses, and said; We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Job 42:8
Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath.

Genesis 20:16
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