Genesis 20:16

WEB

¹⁶To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”

KJV

¹⁶And 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.

BSB

¹⁶And 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.”

FBV

¹⁶Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”

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Extra References

Proverbs 27:5

⁵Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Genesis 20:5

⁵Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Genesis 24:65

⁶⁵She said to the servant, “Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” She took her veil, and covered herself.

Genesis 26:11

¹¹Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

Jonah 1:6

⁶So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God!^[+] your God^[+] will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

Proverbs 25:12

¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.

1 Chronicles 21:3-6

³Joab said, “May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”

⁴Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, then came to Jerusalem. ⁵Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword. ⁶But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.