Genesis 20 · Verse 14

Genesis 20:14

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 20:14, King James Version

Genesis 20:14 in other translations

BSBSo Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
WEBAbimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
ASVAnd Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
YLTAnd Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;
DARBYAnd Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave them to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
BBEThen Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.
WebsterAnd Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.

What does Genesis 20:14 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 20:14-18
We often trouble ourselves, and even are led into temptation and sin, by groundless suspicions; and find the fear of God where we expected it not. Agreements to deceive generally end in shame and sorrow; and restraints from sin, though by suffering, should be thankfully acknowledged. Though the Lord rebuke, yet he will pardon and deliver his people, and he will give them favour in the sight of those with whom they sojourn; and overrule their infirmities, when they are humbled for them, so that they shall prove useful to themselves and others.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 20:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40
צֹ֣אןtzonsheepH6629
וּבָקָ֗רu.va.Karand cattleH1241
וַעֲבָדִים֙va.'a.va.Dimand [male] servantsH5650
וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תu.she.fa.Chotand female servantsH8198
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.Tenand he gave [them]H5414
לְאַבְרָהָ֑םle.'av.ra.Hamto AbrahamH85
וַיָּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevand he restoredH7725
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
שָׂרָ֥הsa.RahSarahH8283
אִשְׁתּֽוֹ\׃'ish.Towife hisH802

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 20:14

  • Genesis 12:16

    And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

  • Genesis 20:2

    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • Genesis 12:19-20

    Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Genesis 20:11

    And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took.
11; 12:16
restored.
2,7; 12:19,20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 20:13

    And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

  • Genesis 20:14

    And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

  • Genesis 20:15

    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

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Genesis 20:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Abimelech tomó ovejas y vacas, y siervos y siervas, y diólo á Abraham, y devolvióle á Sara su mujer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abimélec prit du menu bétail et du gros bétail, et des serviteurs et des servantes, et il les donna à Abraham, et lui rendit Sara, sa femme;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da nahm Abimelech Kleinvieh und Rinder und Knechte und Mägde und gab sie dem Abraham; und er gab ihm Sara, sein Weib, zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves, et servos et ancillas, et dedit Abraham: reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam,