And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
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Gill's Exposition
And Abimelech charged all his people,.... All his subjects throughout his kingdom, and particularly the inhabitants of Gerar, and more especially his courtiers and servants about him:
saying, he…
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine,…
Adam Clarke
Thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us - It is likely that Abimelech might have had some knowledge of God's intentions concerning the family of Abraham, and that it must be kept free from all…
Isaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the country in which he was born (Gen 26:6), yet there he enters into…
Cambridge Bible
lightly Lit. "as a little": i.e. "it might easily have happened." See Gen 12:18; Gen 20:10. For "lien" = "lain," cf. Psa 68:13 A.V. and P.B.V.).
guiltiness Heb. âshâm; LXX ἄγνοιαν; Lat. grande…