KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 20:14 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Abimelech” | אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ | Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites | Abimelech |
| “took” | וַיִּקַּ֨ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “sheep,” | צֹ֣אן | A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) | sheep |
| “and oxen,” | וּבָקָ֗ר | A beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd | oxen |
| “and menservants,” | וַֽעֲבָדִים֙ | A servant | menservants |
| “and womenservants,” | וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת | A female slave (as a member of the household) | womenservants |
| “and gave” | וַיִּתֵּ֖ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | gave |
| “them” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “unto Abraham,” | לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם | Abraham, the later name of Abram | Abraham |
| “and restored” | וַיָּ֣שֶׁב | To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again | restored |
| “him” | אֵ֖ת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | him |
| “Sarah” | שָׂרָ֥ה | Sarah, Abraham's wife | Sarah |
| “his wife.” | אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ | A woman | wife |
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12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 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.
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