Genesis 20:16

Genesis chapter 20 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

v.16This passage

v.17And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 20:5
Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?
Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Genesis 24:65
And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master: and she took her veil, and covered herself.