Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. New Living Translation Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him. English Standard Version Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. Berean Standard Bible So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. King James Bible And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. New King James Version Then Abimelech took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him. New American Standard Bible Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him. NASB 1995 Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. NASB 1977 Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. Legacy Standard Bible Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and returned his wife Sarah to him. Amplified Bible Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him [as God commanded]. Christian Standard Bible Then Abimelech took flocks and herds and male and female slaves, gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male and female slaves, gave them to Abraham, and returned his wife Sarah to him. American Standard Version And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abimelek took sheep and bulls and Servants and Maids and he gave them to Abraham and returned Sara his wife to him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid-servants, and gave them to Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife. Contemporary English Version After Abimelech had given Abraham some sheep, cattle, and slaves, he sent Sarah back Douay-Rheims Bible And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara, his wife. English Revised Version And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and menservants and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Abimelech took sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. Good News Translation Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and at the same time he gave him sheep, cattle, and slaves. International Standard Version So Abimelech took some sheep and oxen, and some male and female servants, gave them to Abraham, returned his wife Sarah to him, JPS Tanakh 1917 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. Literal Standard Version And Abimelech takes sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gives to Abraham, and sends back his wife Sarah to him; Majority Standard Bible So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. New American Bible Then Abimelech took flocks and herds and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham; and he restored his wife Sarah to him. NET Bible So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. New Revised Standard Version Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. New Heart English Bible Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him. Webster's Bible Translation And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife. World English Bible Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him. Young's Literal Translation And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech…13So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ” 14So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. 15And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”… Cross References Luke 12:45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. Genesis 12:16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels. Genesis 21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. Treasury of Scripture And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. took. Genesis 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. Genesis 12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. restored. Genesis 20:2,7 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah… Genesis 12:19,20 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way… Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Bondmen Cattle Female Handmaids Male Menservants Men-Servants Oxen Restored Sarah Servants Sheep Slaves Wife Womenservants Women-ServantsJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Bondmen Cattle Female Handmaids Male Menservants Men-Servants Oxen Restored Sarah Servants Sheep Slaves Wife Womenservants Women-ServantsGenesis 20 1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.2. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9. He rebukes Abraham. 14. Restores Sarah; 16. and reproves her. 17. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. (14) Abimelech. . . . gave them unto Abraham.--Pharaoh's presents were given when he took Sarah, and though he did not exact them back, yet he bade Abraham "go his way" in displeasure. More generously, the Philistine gives presents on restoring Sarah, and grants her husband permission to dwell in his land wherever it pleased him. He also acknowledges thereby that he had done Abraham a wrong.Verse 14. - And Abimelech - as Pharaoh did (Genesis 12:18), but with a different motive - took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants. The LXX. and Samaritan insert "a thousand didrachmas" after "took," in order to include Sarah's present, mentioned in Ver. 16; but the two donations are separated in order to distinguish them as Abraham's gift and Sarah's respectively (Rosenmüller, Delitzsch), or the sum of money may indicate the value of the sheep and oxen, etc. which Abraham received (Keil, Knobel, Lange, 'Speaker's Commentary'). And gave them unto Abraham. To propitiate his favor for the wrong he had suffered. Pharaoh's gifts were "for the sake of Sarah" (Genesis 12:16). And restored him Sarah his wife. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name brought וַיִּקַּ֨ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take sheep צֹ֣אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and cattle, וּבָקָ֗ר (ū·ḇā·qār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd menservants וַעֲבָדִים֙ (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5650: Slave, servant and maidservants, וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת (ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant and he gave וַיִּתֵּ֖ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set them to Abraham לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation and restored וַיָּ֣שֶׁב (way·yā·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again his wife אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ (’iš·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Sarah to him. שָׂרָ֥ה (śā·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham Links Genesis 20:14 NIVGenesis 20:14 NLT Genesis 20:14 ESV Genesis 20:14 NASB Genesis 20:14 KJV Genesis 20:14 BibleApps.com Genesis 20:14 Biblia Paralela Genesis 20:14 Chinese Bible Genesis 20:14 French Bible Genesis 20:14 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 20:14 Abimelech took sheep and cattle male servants (Gen. 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