King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 20:16
“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.”
Verse in context — Genesis 20
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
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].
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
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