Parallel Verses
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].
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.
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 And to Sarah he said, "Look, I have given a thousand [pieces of] silver to your brother. It [shall be] {an exoneration}. {You are vindicated before all who are with you}." 17 And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again]. 18 For Yahweh had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of the matter of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Cross References
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.
Genesis 20:7
So now, return the wife of the man, for he [is] a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And {if you do not return her}, know that you will certainly die, and all that [are] yours."
Genesis 29:31
When Yahweh saw that Leah [was] unloved he opened her womb, but Rachel [was] barren.
1 Samuel 5:11-12
So they sent and gathered all the rulers of [the] Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel and let it return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For a {deadly confusion} was throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
Ezra 6:10
that they may offer incense offerings to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his children.
Job 42:9-10
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went and did just as Yahweh had told them, and {Yahweh accepted Job's prayer}.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.
Isaiah 45:11
Thus says Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, and its {maker}: "Ask me of the things to come {about} my children, and you command me about 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 for you.
Matthew 21:22
And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."
Acts 3:24
And indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and all those who followed [him] have spoken [about] and proclaimed 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.