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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.”

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ASV

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

KJV

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121 →
אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40 →
לְאַבְרָהָ֗םle.'av.ra.Ham<to> AbrahamH85 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
ל֜וֹloto <the> him
מֶֽה־meh-what?H4100 →
עָשִׂ֤יתָ'a.Si.tahave you doneH6213 →
לָּ֙נוּ֙la.nuto <the> us
וּמֶֽה־u.meh-and what?H4100 →
חָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tihave I sinnedH2398 →
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הֵבֵ֧אתָhe.Ve.tayou have broughtH935 →
עָלַ֛י'a.Laion meH5921 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
מַמְלַכְתִּ֖יmam.lakh.Tikingdom myH4467 →
חֲטָאָ֣הcha.ta.'Aha sinH2401 →
גְדֹלָ֑הge.do.LahgreatH1419 →
מַעֲשִׂים֙ma.'a.SimdeedsH4639 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּye.'a.Suthey will be doneH6213 →
עָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.tayou have doneH6213 →
עִמָּדִֽי׃'i.ma.Diwith meH5978 →

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Genesis 12:18So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?James 3:10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”Genesis 26:10“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”2 Samuel 13:12“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.Joshua 7:25“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.2 Samuel 12:10–11Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.2 Samuel 12:5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!Exodus 32:35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.1 Samuel 26:18–19And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.Romans 2:11For God does not show favoritism.

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