"And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand {pieces} of silver: behold, he {is} to thee a coveri…" — Genesis 20:16

Genesis 20:16 · KJV

“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.”

— Genesis 20:16

Verse 15

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land {is} before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. {where...: Heb. as is good in thine eyes}

Verse 17

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

Genesis 20 — Context

And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave {them} unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land {is} before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. {where...: Heb. as is good in thine eyes}

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}.

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

Cross References

Genesis 20:5

Said he not unto me, She {is} my sister? and she, even she herself said, He {is} my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. {integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerity}

Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.

Genesis 24:65

For she {had} said unto the servant, What man {is} this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant {had} said, It {is} my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

Proverbs 25:12

{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.

Jonah 1:6

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

Proverbs 9:8-9

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Genesis 26:11

And Abimelech charged all {his} people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.