Genesis 20:17
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.”Genesis 20:17
What Does Genesis 20:17 Mean?
Genesis 20:17 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 20, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 20:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 5:16“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”Psalms 30:2“O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.”1 John 5:16“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.”Job 42:8“Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.”Job 42:10“And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.”Job 42:9“So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.”Psalms 6:2“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.”Proverbs 15:8“The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.”Matthew 21:22“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”Philippians 4:6“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”1 Thessalonians 5:25“Brethren, pray for us.”Genesis 20:7“Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.”Genesis 29:31“And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”1 Samuel 5:11“So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.”Ezra 6:10“That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.”Isaiah 45:11“Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.”Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”Genesis 21:22“And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:”Proverbs 15:29“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”Acts 3:24“Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.”
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