Verse 16
Genesis 20:16
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/לְ/שָׂרָ֣ה אָמַ֗ר הִנֵּ֨ה נָתַ֜תִּי אֶ֤לֶף כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לְ/אָחִ֔י/ךְ הִנֵּ֤ה הוּא לָ/ךְ֙ כְּס֣וּת עֵינַ֔יִם לְ/כֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑/ךְ וְ/אֵ֥ת כֹּ֖ל וְ/נֹכָֽחַת
English Translation
And to Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given a thousand shekels to your brother; behold, it is for you as a covering of the eyes for all that are with you and for all that are present."
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and S...
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And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took S...
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But God (Elohim) came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead ma...
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Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?
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Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upri...
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And God (Elohim) said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and...
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So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your l...
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So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these t...
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9
Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that...
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10
And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?
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11
And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God (Elohim) in this place, and...
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And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and sh...
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13
And when God (Elohim) sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign...
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14
Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back...
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15
And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.
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And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong...
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Then Abraham made prayer to God (Elohim), and God (Elohim) made Abimelech well again, and his wife a...
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For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah...
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