Genesis 20:16New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a covering of the eyes, to all that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: thus she was reproved.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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 reproved.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, to Sarah, he said, Lo! I have given a thousand of silver unto thy brother: Lo! that, is for thee, as a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee,—And so, in every way, hath right been done.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and to Sarah he hath said, 'Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Likewise to Sarah he said, Beholde, I haue giuen thy brother a thousand pieces of siluer: behold, he is the vaile of thine eyes to all that are with thee, and to all others: and she was thus reproued.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And vnto Sarah hee said, Behold, I haue giuen thy brother a thousand [pieces] of siluer: behold, he [is] to thee a couering of the eyes, vnto all that are with thee, and with all [other]: thus shee was reproued.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother; behold, it is given for you, because you have been humbled in the eyes of my people, and because of the other things for which I have reproved you.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And to Sarah{gr.Sarrha} he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the truth in all things.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
And unto
Ŝärà
שָׂרָה
8283 {8283} PrimeשָׂרָהSarah{saw-raw'}
The same as H8282; Sarah, Abraham's wife.
he said,
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
Behold,
x2009 (2009) Complementהִנֵּהhinneh{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
I have given
5414 {5414} Primeנָתַןnathan{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application ( put, make, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
thy brother
251 {0251} Primeאָח'ach{awkh}
A primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H0001)).
a thousand
505 {0505} Primeאֶלֶף'eleph{eh'-lef}
Properly the same as H0504; hence (an ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand.
[ pieces] of silver:
3701 {3701} Primeכֶּסֶףkeceph{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
behold,
x2009 (2009) Complementהִנֵּהhinneh{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
he
x1931 (1931) Complementהוּאhuw'{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he ( she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
[ is] to thee a covering
3682 {3682} Primeכְּסוּתk@cuwth{kes-ooth'}
From H3680; a cover (garment); figuratively a veiling.
of the eyes,
5869 {5869} Primeעַיִן`ayin{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
unto all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
that
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
[ are] with
x854 (0854) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.
thee, and with
x854 (0854) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.
all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
[ other]: thus she was reproved.
3198 {3198} Primeיכחyakach{yaw-kahh'}
A primitive root; to be right (that is, correct); reciprocally to argue; causatively to decide, justify or convict.
z8737 <8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 793 |
Genesis 20:16
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 31:1. |
Genesis 20:16
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a (n) covering of the eyes, unto all that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: (o) thus she was reproved.
(n) Such a head as with whom you may be preserved from all dangers.
(o) God caused this heathen king to reprove her because she concealed her identity, seeing that God had given her a husband as her veil and defence. |
- thy:
Genesis 20:5 Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
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- 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
Genesis 23:15-16 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. ... And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
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- behold:
- Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc.
Genesis 26:11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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- a covering:
Genesis 24:65 For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
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- thus:
1 Chronicles 21:3-6 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? ... But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Proverbs 9:8-9 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ... Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Proverbs 25:12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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