KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 20:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
WEB World English Bible
To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”
ASV American Standard Version
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and to Sarah he hath said, ‘Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;’ and by all this she is reasoned with.
Surrounding context — Genesis 20
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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וּלְשָׂרָ֣הH8283 · sa.rahSarahאָמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdנָתַ֜תִּיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶ֤לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandכֶּ֙סֶף֙H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyלְאָחִ֔יךְH251 · achbrother: male-siblingהִנֵּ֤הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itלָךְ֙H9032 · khyouכְּס֣וּתH3682 · ke.sutcoveringעֵינַ֔יִםH5869 · a.yineyeלְכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאִתָּ֑ךְH854 · etwithוְאֵ֥תH854 · etwithכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallוְנֹכָֽחַת׃H3198 · ya.khachto rebuke
Cross-references
Genesis 20:5Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.Genesis 24:65For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.Jonah 1:6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.Proverbs 25:12[As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.1 Chronicles 21:3-6And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.Proverbs 9:8-9Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Genesis 26:11And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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