Genesis 20:16 (KJV)

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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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thy. Ge 20:5 Pr 27:5

behold.Or, "behold IT (the 1,000 shekels) is to thee," etc. Ge 26:11

a covering. Ge 24:65

thus. 1Ch 21:3-6 Pr 9:8 Pr 9:9 Pr 12:1 Pr 25:12 Pr 27:5 Jon 1:6 Re 3:19

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.

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