Genesis 20:16
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.”
Note Or a thousand shekels of silver; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver
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.
To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thy
- Genesis 20:5; Proverbs 27:5
- behold
- Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.
- Genesis 26:11
- a covering
- Genesis 24:65
- 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