Genesis 20:16
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Overview - Genesis 20 | |
1 | Abraham sojourns at Gerar. |
2 | Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. |
3 | Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. |
9 | He rebukes Abraham. |
14 | Restores Sarah; |
16 | and reproves her. |
17 | Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. |
Genesis 20:16 (King James Version)
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.
- thy
- 5 ; Proverbs 27:5
- thousand
- What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch
- 23:15 16.
- behold
- Or, "behold IT (the Genesis 20:1 Genesis 20:000 ; shekels) is to thee," etc.
- 26:11
- a covering
- 24:65
- thus
- 1 Chronicles 21:3-6 ; Proverbs 9:8 Proverbs 9:9 ; 12:1 25:12 27:5 Jonah 1:6 ; Revelation 3:19