Genesis 20:17

17 And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare.

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 And Abimelech sayde: beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth ye best.
16 And vnto Sara he sayde: Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousande peeces of syluer beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse.
17 And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare.
18 For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe.
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