Genesis 20 · Verse 17

Genesis 20:17

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis 20:17, King James Version

Genesis 20:17 in other translations

BSBThen Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
WEBAbraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
ASVAnd Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.
YLTAnd Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:
DARBYAnd Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.
BBEThen Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.
WebsterSo Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.

What does Genesis 20:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 So Abraham prayed - This was the prime office of the נביא nabi; see Gen 20:7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Genesis 20:17 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.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥לvai.yit.pa.Leland he prayedH6419
אַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וַיִּרְפָּ֨אvai.yir.Pa'and he healedH7495
אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבִימֶ֧לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ'ish.Towife hisH802
וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יוve.'am.ho.Tavand female slaves hisH519
וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ\׃vai.ye.Le.duand they bore childrenH3205

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

Cross references for Genesis 20:17

  • James 5:16

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

  • Job 42:9-10

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:25

    Brethren, pray for us.

  • Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  • Matthew 21:22

    And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

  • 1 Samuel 5:11-12

    So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

  • 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.

  • Ezra 6:10

    That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

  • Isaiah 45:11

    Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

  • Genesis 29:31

    And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • Matthew 7:7

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7; 29:31; 1Sa 5:11,12; Ezr 6:10; Job 42:9,10; Pr 15:8,29; Isa 45:11
Mt 7:7; 21:22; Ac 3:24; Php 4:6; 1Th 5:25; Jas 5:16

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Context

  • Genesis 20:16

    And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

  • Genesis 20:17

    So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

  • Genesis 20:18

    For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

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Genesis 20:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Abraham oró á Dios; y Dios sanó á Abimelech y á su mujer, y á sus siervas, y parieron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Abraham pria Dieu, et Dieu guérit Abimélec, et sa femme et ses servantes, et elles eurent des enfants:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Abraham betete zu Gott; und Gott heilte Abimelech und sein Weib und seine Mägde, so daß sie gebaren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Orante autem Abraham, sanavit Deus Abimelech et uxorem, ancillasque ejus, et pepererunt: