And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?
Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham,.... Continuing his discourse with him: what sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? he desires to know what he had observed, either in him or his people, that gave him any reason to conclude that they were a lustful people, and would stick at nothing to gratify their lusts, which put him upon taking such a method to secure his life, lest they should kill him for his wife's sake.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
(1.) He calls that sin which he now found he had been in danger of a great sin. Note, Even the light of nature teaches men that the sin of adultery is a very great sin: be it observed, to the shame of many who call themselves Christians, and yet make a light matter of it.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
