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Genesis 20:16

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And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.	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].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And unto Sarah^H8283 he said^H559, Behold, I have given^H5414 thy brother^H251 a thousand^H505 pieces of silver^H3701: behold, he is to thee a covering^H3682 of the eyes^H5869, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved^H3198.

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Original Hebrew

וּלְשָׂרָה אָמַר הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף לְאָחִיךְ הִנֵּה הוּא־לָךְ כְּסוּת עֵינַיִם לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אִתָּךְ וְאֵת כֹּל וְנֹכָחַת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/לְ/שָׂרָ֣ה	u./le./sa.Rah	H8283	HC/R/Np	and/ to/ Sarah
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he said
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
נָתַ֜תִּי	na.Ta.ti	H5414	HVqp1cs	I give
אֶ֤לֶף	'E.lef	H505	HAcbsa	a thousand
כֶּ֨סֶף֙	ke.sef	H3701	HNcmsa	silver
לְ/אָחִ֔י/ךְ	le./'a.Chi/kh	H251	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2fs	to/ brother/ your
הִנֵּ֤ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	there!
הוּא	hu'-	H1931	HPp3ms	it
לָ/ךְ֙	lo/Kh		HR/Sp2fs	for (the)/ you
כְּס֣וּת	ke.Sut	H3682	HNcfsc	(is) a covering of
עֵינַ֔יִם	'ei.Na.yim	H5869	HNcbda	eyes
לְ/כֹ֖ל	le./Khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsa	to/ all
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
אִתָּ֑/ךְ	'i.Ta/kh	H854	HR/Sp2fs	(are) with/ you
וְ/אֵ֥ת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ with
כֹּ֖ל	kol	H3605	HNcmsa	everyone
וְ/נֹכָֽחַת	ve./no.Kha.chat	H3198	HC/VNrfsa	(and)/ (you are) vindicated

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3198 — יָכַח (yâkach, yaw-kahh'): a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
• H3682 — כְּסוּת (kᵉçûwth, kes-ooth'): from כָּסָה; a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling; covering, raiment, vesture.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H8283 — שָׂרָה (Sârâh, saw-raw'): the same as שָׂרָה; Sarah, Abraham's wife; Sarah.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a covering — Genesis 24:65
• behold — Genesis 26:11
• thousand — Genesis 23:15-16
• thus — 1 Chronicles 21:3-6, Proverbs 9:8-9, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 25:12, Proverbs 27:5, Jonah 1:6, Revelation 3:19
• thy — Genesis 20:5, Proverbs 27:5

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Corinthians 11:10, Ephesians 5:11

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: SILVER
• Nave’s: FALSEHOOD, GOOD FOR EVIL, IGNORANCE, MARRIAGE, MONEY, SILVER

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