Genesis 20:17

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Genesis 20:15–18 · Berean Standard Bible

15 And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

16 And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

18 for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

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1 Samuel 5:11

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1 Samuel 5:12

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Job 42:10

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Proverbs 15:8

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Proverbs 15:29

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Matthew 21:22

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