Genesis 20:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome so great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done.

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  • Gen 12:18 : 18 And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.
  • Gen 34:7 : 7 And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God?
  • Exod 32:21 : 21 And Moyses said vnto Aaron: What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And the Lorde plagued the people, because they made the calfe whiche Aaron made.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe, euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe, let be slayne both the adulterer and the adultresse.
  • Josh 7:25 : 25 And Iosuah sayde: In as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lorde shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned hym with stones, and burned them with fire, and ouerwhelmed them with stones.
  • 1 Sam 26:18-19 : 18 And he sayde: Wherefore doth my lorde thus persecute his seruaunt? for what haue I done? or what euyll is in myne hand? 19 Nowe therefore I praye thee, let my lorde the king heare the wordes of his seruaunt: If the Lorde haue stirred thee vp against me, let him smell the sauour of a sacrifice: But and if they be the children of men, cursed are they before the Lorde, for they haue cast me out this day from abidyng in the inheritaunce of the Lorde, saying: Go, serue other goddes.
  • 2 Sam 12:5 : 5 And Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and saide to Nathan: As the Lorde lyueth, the man that hath done this thing is the childe of death.
  • 2 Sam 12:10-11 : 10 Now therefore, the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe. 11 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne.
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 And she aunswered him: Nay my brother, do not force me, for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel: Do not thou this folly.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit: but the iust shall haue the good in possession.
  • Rom 2:11 : 11 For there is no respect of persos with God.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 And it came to passe, after three monethes one tolde Iuda, saying: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the harlot, and with playing the harlot is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde: Bryng her foorth, that she may be brent.

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  • Gen 20:10-11
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    10And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?

    11Abraha aunswered: For I thought thus surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

  • Gen 26:9-11
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    9And Abimelech called Isahac, and said: beholde, she is of a suretie thy wife, and why saydest thou, she is my sister? To whom Isahac aunswered: because I thought that I might peraduenture haue dyed for her sake.

    10Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

    11And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.

  • Gen 20:2-8
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    2And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

    3But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, and saide to hym: See, thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away, for she is a mans wyfe.

    4But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?

    5Saide not he vnto me, she is my sister? yea and she her selfe sayde, he is my brother: with a single heart, and innocent handes haue I done this.

    6And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart: I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me, and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her.

    7Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, both thou and all that thou hast.

    8Therefore, Abimelech rysyng vp betimes in the mornyng, called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these sayinges in their eares: and the men were sore afrayde.

  • Gen 21:25-27
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    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away.

    26And Abimelech said, I wote not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neyther hearde I of it but this day.

    27And Abraham toke sheepe and Oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: & they made both of them a leage together.

  • Gen 12:18
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    18And Pharao callyng Abram, sayde: why hast thou done this vnto me?

  • Gen 20:13-15
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    13And after God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: this kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me, in all places where we come, that thou say of me, he is my brother.

    14Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen, men seruauntes and women seruauntes, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne.

    15And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best.

  • Gen 21:22-23
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    22And at the same season, Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

    23And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren.

    18For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29And Abimelech sayd vnto Abraham: what meane these seuen ewe lambes whiche thou hast set by them selues?

    30He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Judg 9:56
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    56Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which he dyd vnto his father, in sleyng his seuentie brethren.

  • Judg 9:48
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    48And Abimeleh gat him to mount Zelmon, both he & all the people that were with him, & toke axes with him, and cut downe bowes of trees, & toke them and bare them on his shulder, & sayde vnto the folke that were with hym: what ye haue seene me do, speede your selues, & do lykewyse as I haue done.

  • Gen 26:26-27
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    26Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzath his friende, and Phicol the captaine of his armie.

    27And Isahac sayde vnto them: wherfore come ye to me, seyng ye hate me, and haue put me away from you?

  • Judg 9:16
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    16Nowe therfore, if ye do truely and vncorruptly to make Abimelech kyng, and if ye haue dealte well with Ierobaal & his house, and haue done vnto hym according to the deseruing of his handes:

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
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    9He saide: What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest delyuer thy seruaunt into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?