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Genesis 20

Gn. 20:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And unto Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, I have given
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thy brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
pieces of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
: behold, he is to thee a covering
kcuwth (Hebrew #3682)
a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling
KJV usage: covering, raiment, vesture.
Pronounce: kes-ooth'
Origin: from 3680
of the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she wase reproved
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
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Pr. 12:1• 1El que ama la corrección ama la sabiduría: Mas el que aborrece la reprensión, es ignorante. (Pr. 12:1)
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Pr. 25:12• 12Como zarcillo de oro y joyel de oro fino, Es el que reprende al sabio que tiene oído dócil. (Pr. 25:12)
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Ap. 3:19• 19Yo reprendo y castigo á todos los que amo: sé pues celoso, y arrepiéntete. (Ap. 3:19)

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Pieces of Gold or of Silver,
Sarah; Sarai; Sara,
Silver

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gn. 20:5• 5¿No me dijo él: Mi hermana es; y ella también dijo: Es mi hermano? Con sencillez de mi corazón, y con limpieza de mis manos he hecho esto. (Gn. 20:5)
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Pr. 27:5• 5Mejor es reprensión manifiesta Que amor oculto. (Pr. 27:5)
thousand.What these pieces were is not certain; but it is probable they were shekels, as it is so understood by the Targum; and the LXX. render it {didrachma,} by which the Hebrew shekel is rendered in ch. 23:15, 16.behold.Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.
Gn. 26:11• 11Entonces Abimelech mandó á todo el pueblo, diciendo: El que tocare á este hombre ó á su mujer, de cierto morirá. (Gn. 26:11)
a covering.
Gn. 24:65• 65Porque había preguntado al criado: ¿Quién es este varón que viene por el campo hacia nosotros? Y el siervo había respondido: Este es mi señor. Ella entonces tomó el velo, y cubrióse. (Gn. 24:65)
thus.
1 Cr. 21:3‑6• 3Y dijo Joab: Añada Jehová á su pueblo cien veces otros tantos. Rey señor mío, ¿no son todos estos siervos de mi señor? ¿para qué procura mi señor esto, que será pernicioso á Israel?
 4Mas el mandamiento del rey pudo más que Joab. Salió por tanto Joab, y fué por todo Israel; y volvió á Jerusalem, y dió la cuenta del número del pueblo á David.
 5Y hallóse en todo Israel que sacaban espada, once veces cien mil; y de Judá cuatrocientos y setenta mil hombres que sacaban espada.
 6Entre estos no fueron contados los Levitas, ni los hijos de Benjamín, porque Joab abominaba el mandamiento del rey. (1 Cr. 21:3‑6)
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Pr. 9:8‑9• 8No reprendas al escarnecedor, porque no te aborrezca: Corrige al sabio, y te amará.
 9Da al sabio, y será más sabio: Enseña al justo, y acrecerá su saber. (Pr. 9:8‑9)
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Pr. 12:1• 1El que ama la corrección ama la sabiduría: Mas el que aborrece la reprensión, es ignorante. (Pr. 12:1)
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Pr. 25:12• 12Como zarcillo de oro y joyel de oro fino, Es el que reprende al sabio que tiene oído dócil. (Pr. 25:12)
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Pr. 27:5• 5Mejor es reprensión manifiesta Que amor oculto. (Pr. 27:5)
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Jon. 1:6• 6Y el maestre de la nave se llegó á él, y le dijo: ¿Qué tienes, dormilón? Levántate, y clamá á tu Dios; quizá él tendrá compasión de nosotros, y no pereceremos. (Jon. 1:6)
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Ap. 3:19• 19Yo reprendo y castigo á todos los que amo: sé pues celoso, y arrepiéntete. (Ap. 3:19)
• With the cutting reproof to the church, as here typified, that she at least ought to have known her own relationship to Christ. (“Genesis 20-21” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproveda.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the matter has been set right," or "thou art set right" -- each of these senses is possible.