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Genesis 20:7

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

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ASV

Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

KJV

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
הָשֵׁ֤בha.ShevreturnH7725 →
אֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-[the] wife ofH802 →
הָאִישׁ֙ha.'Ishthe manH376 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
נָבִ֣יאna.Vi'[is] a prophetH5030 →
ה֔וּאHu'heH1931 →
וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥לve.yit.pa.Lelso he may prayH6419 →
בַּֽעַדְךָ֖ba.'ad.Khafor youH1157 →
וֶֽחְיֵ֑הvech.Yehand liveH2421 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
אֵֽינְךָ֣'ei.ne.Khanot [are] youH369 →
מֵשִׁ֗יבme.Shivreturning [her]H7725 →
דַּ֚עda'knowH3045 →
כִּי־ki-thatH3588 →
מ֣וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191 →
תָּמ֔וּתta.Mutyou will dieH4191 →
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whoH834 →
לָֽךְ׃Lakh[belong] to <the> you

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James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”John 9:31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”1 Samuel 7:5Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.Matthew 10:41Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.2 Samuel 24:17When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”Genesis 20:17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—1 Chronicles 16:22‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’2 Kings 5:11But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.Revelation 11:5–6If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.1 Kings 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.Numbers 16:32–33and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’2 Chronicles 30:18A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

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