Genesis 20:16 meaning and explanation
And 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.”
Genesis 20:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Abimelech, the pagan king of Gerar, speaks to Sarah after God warned him in a dream that Abraham's wife had been taken into his household. Abraham had claimed Sarah was his sister, so Abimelech returned her untouched and now pays a thousand pieces of silver, calling Abraham her brother to echo the couple's own wording.
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