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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 20:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abraham And Abimelech
16
He said to Sarah: Do not forget that I have given your brother twenty-five pounds of silver. This is to silence any criticism against you from everyone with you. You are completely cleared.
17
Cross References
James 5:16
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man helps much.
Genesis 20:7
Give the man's wife back to him now. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.
Genesis 29:31
Jehovah saw that Leah was loved less, so he made it possible for her to have children. But Rachel had none.
1 Samuel 5:11-12
The people of Ekron called for another meeting of the Philistine rulers and told them: Send this chest back where it belongs. Then it will not kill us. Everyone was in a panic, because God was causing a lot of people to die.
Ezra 6:10
That they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.
Job 42:9-10
So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what Jehovah told them. And Jehovah accepted Job's prayer.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 15:29
Jehovah is far from the wicked. He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 45:11
Jehovah, the Holy God of Israel, the one who shapes the future says: You have no right to question me about my children or to tell me what I ought to do!
Matthew 7:7
Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.
Matthew 21:22
You will receive the things you ask for in prayer when you have faith.
Acts 3:24
Yes, all the prophets from Samuel and his successors also announced these days.
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, 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.