14So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him. 15And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.” 16And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children— 18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
Abimelech in a sense was heaping coals on Abraham’s head. Romans 12:20 (ESV)
20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
I think it should have been the other way around. Earlier in Genesis we saw Abraham refused to accept gifts from a pagan king but this time he accepted them.
How do you think Sarah felt when Abimelech said; “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”?
“Then Abraham prayed to God”
I wonder if Abraham asked for forgiveness for his lie?
This seems backward to me, being rewarded for lying. But God rewards us also when we are sinners.
How has God rewarded you?
Blessings, David
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