KJV King James Version
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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Genesis 20:14
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
WEB World English Bible
Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;
Surrounding context — Genesis 20
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
12 And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 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.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechצֹ֣אןH6629 · tsonflockוּבָקָ֗רH1241 · ba.qarcattleוַעֲבָדִים֙H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּשְׁפָחֹ֔תH8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantוַיִּתֵּ֖ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְאַבְרָהָ֑םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamוַיָּ֣שֶׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnל֔וֹH9033 · ohimאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]שָׂרָ֥הH8283 · sa.rahSarahאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.Genesis 20:7Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine.Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.Genesis 12:19-20Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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