Genesis 20:17

17 Abraham aber betete zu Gott; da heilte Gott Abimelech und sein Weib und seine Mägde, daß sie Kinder gebaren.

Genesis 20:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 20:17

So Abraham prayed unto God
As the Lord had told Abimelech be would, ( Genesis 20:7 ) ; he might pray for the forgiveness of him and his wife, and might give thanks that Sarah had been restored to him; but chiefly it was on account of Abimelech and his family: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants:
who by reason of some disease were rendered unfit for and incapable of cohabitation with their husbands, and they with them; but upon Abraham's prayer for them, who was heard, they were healed, and the disorder removed; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``his wife and concubines;''
and they bare [children];
cohabited and conceived, and bare and brought forth children, all which are comprehended in this expression.

Genesis 20:17 In-Context

15 und sprach: Siehe da, mein Land steht dir offen; wohne, wo dir's wohl gefällt.
16 Und sprach zu Sara: Siehe da, ich habe deinem Bruder tausend Silberlinge gegeben; siehe, das soll dir eine Decke der Augen sein vor allen, die bei dir sind, und allenthalben. Und damit war ihr Recht verschafft.
17 Abraham aber betete zu Gott; da heilte Gott Abimelech und sein Weib und seine Mägde, daß sie Kinder gebaren.
18 Denn der HERR hatte zuvor hart verschlossen alle Mütter des Hauses Abimelechs um Saras, Abrahams Weibes, willen.
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