Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, New Living Translation Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children. English Standard Version Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. Berean Standard Bible Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children— King James Bible So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. New King James Version So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children; New American Standard Bible Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, so that they gave birth to children. NASB 1995 Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children. NASB 1977 And Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children. Legacy Standard Bible And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore children. Amplified Bible So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, and they again gave birth to children, Christian Standard Bible Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children, Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children, American Standard Version And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children. English Revised Version And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. GOD'S WORD® Translation Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children. International Standard Version Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children, Majority Standard Bible Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children? NET Bible Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. New Heart English Bible Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children. Webster's Bible Translation So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children. World English Bible Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Abraham prays to God, and God heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear: Young's Literal Translation And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear: Smith's Literal Translation And Abraham will pray to God; and God will heal Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they will bring forth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children: Catholic Public Domain Version Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth. 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; 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimeleck and his wife and his maidservants, and they bore children. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Abraham prayed before God, and God healed Abimelek and his wife and his maids, and they gave birth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech…16And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.” 17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children— 18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.… Cross References James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. 1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him, Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions. Numbers 12:13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!” 2 Kings 20:5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD. Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Psalm 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. 2 Chronicles 30:20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. Acts 28:8 The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man. Treasury of Scripture So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; 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: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Genesis 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 1 Samuel 5:11,12 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there… Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Bare Bore Children Female Girls Healed Healeth Maids Maidservants Maid-Servants Prayed Prayer Servants Slave Slaves Wife Women-ServantsJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Bare Bore Children Female Girls Healed Healeth Maids Maidservants Maid-Servants Prayed Prayer Servants Slave Slaves Wife Women-ServantsGenesis 20 1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.2. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9. He rebukes Abraham. 14. Restores Sarah; 16. and reproves her. 17. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. So Abraham prayed to God The act of prayer here is significant, as it demonstrates Abraham's role as an intercessor. The Hebrew root for "prayed" is "palal," which means to intervene or mediate. This highlights the power and importance of prayer in the life of a believer, showing that God listens to and acts upon the prayers of the righteous. Abraham's prayer is a model of faith and obedience, reflecting his relationship with God and his trust in God's promises. and God healed Abimelech his wife, and his maidservants so that they could bear children Maidservants.--Not the word rendered women-servants in Genesis 20:14, but one specially used of concubines. Verse 17. - So Abraham prayed unto God. Literally, the Elohim, the personal and true God, and not Elohim, or Deity in general, to whom belonged the cure of Abimelech and his household (Keil), as the next clause shows. And God (Elohim, without the art.) healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; - i.e. his concubines, as distinguished from the women servants (Ver. 14) - and they bare children. The verb may apply to both sexes, and the malady under which they suffered may be here described as one which prevented procreation, as the next verse explains. |
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