Genesis 20:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 20:10

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Berean Standard Bible

Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

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KJV

King James Version

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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World English Bible

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

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American Standard Version

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 20

⁸ Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

¹⁰ Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

¹¹ Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’

¹² Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

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