Verse 9
Genesis 20:9
Bible in Basic English
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Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְ/אַבְרָהָ֗ם וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜/וֹ מֶֽה עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֨/נוּ֙ וּ/מֶֽה חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔/ךְ כִּֽי הֵבֵ֧אתָ עָלַ֛/י וְ/עַל מַמְלַכְתִּ֖/י חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּ עָשִׂ֖יתָ עִמָּדִֽ/י
English Translation
And Abimelech called to Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us, and what have I sinned against you, that you have brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that ought not to be done."
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Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that...
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