Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
Genesis 20:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
- KJV
- ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
- WEB
- Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
- ASV
- And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.
- LSV
- And Abraham prays to God, and God heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
- YLT
- And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
- DBY
- And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].ElohimElohim
- DRC
- And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:
- GNV
- Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children.
- JPS
- And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.
- LXXE
- And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּרְפָּ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Προσηύξατο δὲ Ἁβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἰάσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔτεκον.
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- James 5:16Therefore 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.
- Job 42:9–10So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request. After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity…
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:25Brothers, pray for us as well.
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Isaiah 45:11Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?
- Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
- Ezra 6:10Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
- 1 Samuel 5:11–12Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had…
- Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Acts 3:24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
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