Genesis 20:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ Now then restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ So now restore to the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her [to him], know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Now therefore restore the man’s 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Now return the man’s wife. He’s a prophet; he will pray for you so you may live. But if you don’t return her, know that you and everyone with you will die!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet. And he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

Genesis 20:7 Cross References

Genesis 12:15

And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:17

But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Genesis 2:17

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.”

Genesis 20:8

So Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told them all these things; and the men were very much afraid.

Genesis 23:6

“Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead.”

2 Samuel 24:17

Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was smiting the people, and said, “Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me and against my father's house.”

1 Kings 13:6

And the king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” And the man of God entreated the Lord; and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.

2 Kings 5:11

But Naaman was angry, and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.

1 Chronicles 16:22

saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”

2 Chronicles 30:18

For a multitude of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “The good Lord pardon every one

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Job 42:8

Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Exodus 18:17

Moses' father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

Exodus 4:16

He shall speak for you to the people; and he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.

Exodus 7:1

And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

Jeremiah 14:11

The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon.

Ezekiel 3:18

If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

Ezekiel 33:8

If I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.

Leviticus 6:4

when one has sinned and become guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he got by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

Leviticus 6:7

and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things which one may do and thereby become guilty.”

Acts 8:24

And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

1 Corinthians 14:4

He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

Hebrews 1:1

In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.

1 John 5:16

If any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not mortal. There is sin which is mortal; I do not say that one is to pray for that.

1 Samuel 12:19

And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.”

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.”

1 Samuel 7:8

And the people of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”