Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Holman Bible
Then Abraham prayed to God,
International Standard Version
Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children,
A Conservative Version
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bore sons.
American Standard Version
And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare children.
Amplified
So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, and they again gave birth to children,
Bible in Basic English
Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.
Darby Translation
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abraham will pray to God; and God will heal Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they will bring forth.
King James 2000
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].
Modern King James verseion
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his slave women, and they gave birth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And so Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidens, so that they bare.
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. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
The Emphasized Bible
And Abraham prayed unto God, - and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they bare children,
Webster
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. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
Themes
Barrenness » Sent as a judgment
Good for evil » Returning » Abraham, to abimelech
intercession » Additional instances of » Abraham » In behalf of abimelech
Miracles » Catalogue of » The closing of the wombs of abimelech's household
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 20:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham And Abimelech
16
To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated."
17
Cross References
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Genesis 20:7
Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."
Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
1 Samuel 5:11-12
They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
Ezra 6:10
that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
Job 42:9-10
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the LORD had told them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 45:11
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: "Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
Matthew 7:7
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 21:22
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."
Acts 3:24
And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.
Philippians 4:6
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brothers, pray for us.