KJV King James Version
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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Genesis 20:15
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
WEB World English Bible
Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abimelech saith, ‘Lo, my land is before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;’
Surrounding context — Genesis 20
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].
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
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Genesis 13:9[Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.Genesis 34:10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.Genesis 47:6The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
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