Genesis 20:16 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And unto Sarah he said - But what did he say? Here there is scarcely any agreement among interpreters; the Hebrew is exceedingly obscure, and every interpreter takes it in his own sense. A thousand pieces of silver - Shekels are very probably meant here, and so the Targum understands it. The Septuagint has χιλια διδραχμα, a thousand didrachma, no doubt meaning shekels; for in Gen 23:15, Gen 23:16, this translation uses διδραχμα for the Hebrew שקל shekel.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Thy brother is to thee a covering of the eyes - Thou must look at no other, nor desire to be looked at by any other. Yoke-fellows must be to each other for a covering of the eyes. The marriage- covenant is a covenant with the eyes, like Job's, Job xxxi, 1.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The law appointed that when restitution was made something should be added to it, Lev. vi. Or, [2.] To engage Abraham's prayers for him; not as if prayers should be bought and sold, but we should endeavour to be kind to those of whose spiritual things we reap, 1 Cor. ix.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְשָׂרָ֣ה	u.le.sa.Rah	and to Sarah	H8283 →
אָמַ֗ר	'a.Mar	he said	H559 →
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	here!	H2009 →
נָתַ֜תִּי	na.Ta.ti	I give	H5414 →
אֶ֤לֶף	'E.lef	a thousand	H505 →
כֶּ֙סֶף֙	ke.sef	silver	H3701 →
לְאָחִ֔יךְ	le.'a.Chikh	to brother your	H251 →
הִנֵּ֤ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
הוּא־	hu'-	it	H1931 →
לָךְ֙	loKh	for <the> you
כְּס֣וּת	ke.Sut	[is] a covering of	H3682 →
עֵינַ֔יִם	'ei.Na.yim	eyes	H5869 →
לְכֹ֖ל	le.Khol	to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
אִתָּ֑ךְ	'i.Takh	[are] with you	H854 →
וְאֵ֥ת	ve.'Et	and with	H854 →
כֹּ֖ל	kol	everyone	H3605 →
וְנֹכָֽחַת׃	ve.no.Kha.chat	<and> [you are] vindicated	H3198 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 27:5
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:23
  He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
  But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- Galatians 2:14
  When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a…
- Matthew 18:15
  If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Through
Jonah 1:6
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
leads to
- Jonah 3:9
  Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
- Psalms 107:28–29
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- 2 Samuel 12:22
  David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
- Mark 4:37–41
  Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

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