¹⁶ And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given this brother of yours a thousand pieces of silver; see, it is to compensate you [for all that has occurred] and to vindicate your honor before all who are with you; before all men you are cleared and compensated.

¹⁷ So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, and they bore children,

¹⁸ For the Lord had closed fast the wombs of all in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.