EXTRA · Parashas Vayeira · Passuk 20:14
Supplementary classical material; Torah Temimah lists no citation under this passuk.
Avimelech took sheep and cattle and servants and maidservants and gave them to Avraham, and he restored to him Sarah his wife.
Rashi on Genesis 20:14.
Sefaria — Rashi on Genesis 20:14
English: “And he gave them to Avraham” — in order that he be appeased and pray for him.
Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13. The purpose of the gift is fixed by the need for subsequent intercession.
Restitution that seeks reconciliation prepares the ground for effective prayer; material repair and spiritual repair are linked.