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Genesis 20:17

AbimelechAbraham
PrayerSickness and healing

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.

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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BSB
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
KJV
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
WEB
Abraham prayed to God. So God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
ASV
And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare children.
DARBY
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].
BLB
And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants, and they bore [children].
ÅB
Og Abraham ba til Gud, og Gud helbredet Abimelek og hans hustru og hans tjenestekvinner, så de fikk barn.
OTB
Da ba Abraham til Gud, og Gud helbredet Abimelek, hans kone og hans kvinnelige slaver, slik at de kunne få barn igjen,
B1930
Og Abraham bad til Gud, og Gud helbredet Abimelek og hans hustru og hans tjenestekvinner, så de fikk barn.

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  • James 5:16

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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  • Job 42:9–10

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:25

    Brethren, pray for us.

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  • Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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  • Matthew 21:22

    And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

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  • 1 Samuel 5:11–12

    So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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  • Genesis 20:7

    Now 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.

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