Genesis 20:17 · KJV
"So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children."
King James Version
What does Genesis 20:17 mean? →Passage Context
15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16And 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.
17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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