Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.
Genesis 12:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his household with serious plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Common English Bible Then the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife. English Standard Version 2016 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. |
Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.
For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: "Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband."
He did not permit anyone to falsely accuse them. Instead, he reproved kings on their behalf:
And David said to him: "Give this place of your threshing floor to me, so that I may build an altar to the Lord upon it. And you shall accept from me as much money as it is worth, so that the plague may cease from the people."
He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.