Verse 8
Genesis 20:8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ בַּ/בֹּ֗קֶר וַ/יִּקְרָא֙ לְ/כָל עֲבָדָ֔י/ו וַ/יְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת כָּל הַ/דְּבָרִ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה בְּ/אָזְנֵי/הֶ֑ם וַ/יִּֽירְא֥וּ הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְאֹֽד
English Translation
And Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and spoke all these words in their hearing, and the men were very afraid.
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