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OET (OET-RV) Then he asked again, “What were you thinking when you did that?”
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it_said to ʼAⱱrāhām what did_you_see (cmp) you_have_done DOM the_thing the_this.
UHB וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer ʼₐⱱīmelek ʼel-ʼaⱱrāhām māh rāʼitā kiy ˊāsitā ʼet-haddāⱱār hazzeh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ, τί ἐνιδὼν ἐποίησας τοῦτο;
(Eipe de Abimeleⱪ tōi Habraʼam, ti enidōn epoiaʸsas touto; )
BrTr And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in me that thou hast done this?
ULT Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you looking for when you did this thing?”
UST Finally, King Abimelech asked him, “What motivated you to do what you did?”
BSB Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
MSB (Same as above)
OEB Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What was your purpose in doing this thing?’
WEBBE Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”
LSV Abimelech also says to Abraham, “What have you seen that you have done this thing?”
FBV Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”
T4T Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
LEB No LEB GEN book available
BBE And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?
Moff No Moff GEN book available
JPS And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'
ASV And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
DRA And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?
YLT Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
Drby And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?
RV And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest/saw thou/you, that thou/you hast done this thing? )
SLT And Abimelech will say to Abraham, What sawest thou that thou didst this thing?
Wbstr And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
KJB-1769 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest/saw thou/you, that thou/you hast done this thing? )
KJB-1611 And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps GEN book available
Gnva So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?
(So Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest/saw thou/you that thou/you hast done this thing? )
Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available
Wycl No Wycl GEN book available
Luth No Luth GEN book available
ClVg Rursumque expostulans, ait: Quid vidisti, ut hoc faceres?
(And_again expostulans, he_said: What did_you_see, as this faceres? )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available
20:1-18 This second “sister story” in Genesis (cp. 12:10-20) occurred shortly before Sarah became pregnant with Isaac (ch 21). On both occasions, God protected Abraham and Sarah’s marriage in purity for the sake of the covenant promises. Participation in God’s plan requires separation from worldly corruption.
• This story took place in the Promised Land; it showed Israel how God intervened in people’s lives to fulfill his plan, how God continued to protect them against threats from other tribes, and how God used his chosen people to mediate his relationship with the nations.
• God’s preventing the destruction of Abraham’s marriage by adultery reminded the Israelites to keep their marriages morally and racially pure (Ezra 9:1-4; Neh 13:23-27; Mal 2:10-17); they should not allow any opportunity for temptation (Exod 20:14, 17; Lev 20:10; 21:13-15). Adultery would eventually destroy the covenant and the covenant people.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם
and=he/it_said ʼAⱱīmelek to/towards ʼAⱱrāhām
For some languages it is more natural here to omit this quote margin, because the same person is still talking to the same person. However, the words emphasize what King Abimelech says next and may indicate that there was a pause between what he said in verse 9 and in verse 10. Do what is best in your language.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ
what thinking that/for/because/then/when you(ms)_have_done/made
Alternate translation: [What did you expect to benefit from doing] or [What were your reasons for doing]
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה
DOM the,thing the,this
Alternate translation: [this terrible thing?]