Genesis 20:17 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

And Abraham prayed unto God. And God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they bare children.

English Amplified

So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, and they bore children,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, and they bore children,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].

English EASY 2024

Then Abraham prayed to God. As a result, God made Abimelech become well again. He also made Abimelech's wife and his female slaves become well, so that they could have children again.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord made all the women in Abimelech's family not able to have children. God did this because Abimelech had taken Sarah, Abraham's wife. But Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and the other women of the household, so they could have children.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children,

English KJV 1611

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they bore children.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Abraham then interceded with God, and God restored health to Abimelech, that is, to his wife and his maidservants, so that they could bear children;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then Abraham prayed to God. And God healed Abimelech. He also healed his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again,

English NKJ 1982

So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and the other women of the household, so they could have children.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech! He also healed Abimelech’s wife and female servants of their infertility and they began to have babies again.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then Abraham prayed, asking God to cure the king and queen and the other women of the household, so that they could have children;

English Tyndale 1537

And so Abraham prayed unto God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidens, so that they bare.