Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And Abimelek asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?” New Living Translation Whatever possessed you to do such a thing?” English Standard Version And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Berean Standard Bible Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?” King James Bible And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? New King James Version Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?” New American Standard Bible And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?” NASB 1995 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?” NASB 1977 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?” Legacy Standard Bible And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?” Amplified Bible And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered or seen [in us or our customs], that you have done this [unjust] thing?” Christian Standard Bible Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What made you do this? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What did you intend when you did this thing?” American Standard Version And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Abimelek said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have made this response?” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in me that thou hast done this? Contemporary English Version What were you thinking when you did this? Douay-Rheims Bible And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this? English Revised Version And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? GOD'S WORD® Translation Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What were you thinking when you did this?" Good News Translation Why did you do it?" International Standard Version Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What could you have been thinking when you did this?" JPS Tanakh 1917 And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?' Literal Standard Version Abimelech also says to Abraham, “What have you seen that you have done this thing?” Majority Standard Bible Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?” New American Bible What did you have in mind,” Abimelech asked him, “that you would do such a thing?” NET Bible Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?" New Revised Standard Version And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?” New Heart English Bible Abimelech said to Abraham, "What were you thinking, to do this thing?" Webster's Bible Translation And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? World English Bible Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?” Young's Literal Translation Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?' Additional Translations ... Context Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech…9Then 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.” 10Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?” 11Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’… Cross References Genesis 12:18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? Genesis 20:9 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." Genesis 20:11 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.' Treasury of Scripture And Abimelech said to Abraham, What saw you, that you have done this thing? Jump to Previous Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Encountered Reason Sawest Thinking ThouJump to Next Abimelech Abim'elech Abraham Encountered Reason Sawest Thinking ThouGenesis 20 1. Abraham sojourns at Gerar.2. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. 3. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. 9. He rebukes Abraham. 14. Restores Sarah; 16. and reproves her. 17. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. (10) What sawest thou?--Some modern commentators explain the Hebrew as meaning, What purpose hadst thou? What didst thou look for? But the old rendering is probably right. Abimelech first denies by indignant questions that he had been guilty of any wrong towards Abraham, and then asks what he had seen in the conduct of himself and people to justify such mistrust of them. Throughout, the king speaks as a man conscious that his citizens so respected the rights of a stranger and of marriage, that Sarah would have been perfectly safe had Abraham openly said that she was his wife.Verse 10. - And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, - either, What hadst thou in view? (Knobel, Delitzsch, Keil, Murphy, et alii), or, What didst thou see? Didst thou see any of my people taking the wives of strangers and murdering their husbands? (Rosenmüller, 'Speaker's Commentary') - that thou hast done this thing? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name also asked וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say Abraham, אַבְרָהָ֑ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation “What מָ֣ה (māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what prompted רָאִ֔יתָ (rā·’î·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see you to do עָשִׂ֖יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make such הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that a thing?” הַדָּבָ֥ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Links Genesis 20:10 NIVGenesis 20:10 NLT Genesis 20:10 ESV Genesis 20:10 NASB Genesis 20:10 KJV Genesis 20:10 BibleApps.com Genesis 20:10 Biblia Paralela Genesis 20:10 Chinese Bible Genesis 20:10 French Bible Genesis 20:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 20:10 Abimelech said to Abraham What did you (Gen. 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