◄ Genesis 20:10 ►
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Good News Translation
Why did you do it?"

New Revised Standard Version
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”

Contemporary English Version
What were you thinking when you did this?

New American Bible
What did you have in mind,” Abimelech asked him, “that you would do such a thing?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again he expostulated with him, and said: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?

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And again he expostulated with him, and said: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?

Context
Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech
…9And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do. 10And again he expostulated with him, and said: What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?11Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:…
Cross References
Genesis 12:18
And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Genesis 20:9
And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Genesis 20:9
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