Genesis 20:8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Genesis 20:8 in other translations
| BSB | Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified. |
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| WEB | Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared. |
| ASV | And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. |
| YLT | And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly; |
| DARBY | And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid. |
| BBE | So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear. |
| Webster | Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were greatly afraid. |
What does Genesis 20:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 20:1-8
Crooked policy will not prosper: it brings ourselves and others into danger. God gives Abimelech notice of his danger of sin, and his danger of death for his sin. Every wilful sinner is a dead man, but Abimelech pleads ignorance. If our consciences witness, that, however we may have been cheated into a snare, we have not knowingly sinned against God, it will be our rejoicing in the day of evil. It is matter of…
Genesis 20:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 20:7
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
- Genesis 20:8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
- Genesis 20:9
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.
Genesis 20:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces Abimelech se levantó de mañana, y llamó á todos sus siervos, y dijo todas estas palabras en los oídos de ellos; y temieron los hombres en gran manera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abimélec se leva de bon matin, et appela tous ses serviteurs, et dit toutes ces paroles à leurs oreilles; et ces hommes eurent une grande peur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abimelech stand des Morgens früh auf und rief alle seine Knechte und redete alle diese Worte vor ihren Ohren; und die Männer fürchteten sich sehr. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Statimque de nocte consurgens Abimelech, vocavit omnes servos suos: et locutus est universa verba hæc in auribus eorum, timueruntque omnes viri valde. |