Genesis 20:15
Good News Translation
He said to Abraham, "Here is my whole land; live anywhere you like."

New Revised Standard Version
Abimelech said, “My land is before you; settle where it pleases you.”

Contemporary English Version
and told Abraham he could settle anywhere in his country.

New American Bible
Then Abimelech said, “Here, my land is at your disposal; settle wherever you please.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.

my land.

Genesis 13:9 Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

Genesis 34:10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

where it pleaseth thee.

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
14And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and gave to Abraham: and restored to him Sara his wife, 15And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.16And 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.…
Cross References
Genesis 13:9
Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me, I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.

Genesis 34:10
And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt is before thee: and make them dwell in the best place, and give them the land of Gessen. And if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them, make them rulers over my cattle.

Jeremiah 40:4
Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.

Genesis 20:14
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