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Genesis 20

Gen. 20:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
: and God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
healed
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
Abimelech
'Abiymelek (Hebrew #40)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abimelech.
Pronounce: ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin: from 1 and 4428
, and his wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and his maidservants
'amah (Hebrew #519)
a maid-servant or female slave
KJV usage: (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Pronounce: aw-maw'
Origin: apparently a primitive word
; and they bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
children.

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Abimelech,
Abraham,
God,
Prayer,
Wife

Cross References

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Gen. 20:7• 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 that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. (Gen. 20:7)
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Gen. 29:31• 31And when Jehovah saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel [was] barren. (Gen. 29:31)
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1 Sam. 5:11‑12• 11{i}And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand of God was very heavy there;{/i}
 12{i}and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids{/i}; and the cry of the city, went up to heaven. (1 Sam. 5:11‑12)
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Ezra 6:10• 10{i}that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.{/i} (Ezra 6:10)
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Job 42:9‑10• 9And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted the face of Job.
 10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold. (Job 42:9‑10)
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Prov. 15:8,29• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
 29Jehovah [is] far from the wicked;{HR}But he heareth the prayer of the righteous. (Prov. 15:8,29)
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Isa. 45:11• 11Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. (Isa. 45:11)
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Matt. 7:7• 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
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Matt. 21:22• 22{i}And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.{/i} (Matt. 21:22)
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Acts 3:24• 24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those in succession, as many as spoke, did also announce these days. (Acts 3:24)
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Phil. 4:6• 6Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Phil. 4:6)
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1 Thess. 5:25• 25Brethren, pray for us. (1 Thess. 5:25)
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James 5:16• 16Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work. (James 5:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore children.

W. Kelly Translation

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So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.