8And 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;


In Context

5 hath not he himself said to me, She is my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.'

6 And God saith unto him in the dream, 'Yea, I — I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

7 and now send back the man's wife, for he is inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.'

8 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;

9 and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, 'What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.'

10 Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

Genesis 20:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8Therefore 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:8Early the next morning Abimelech summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:8And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8Therefore 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:8Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:8Therefore 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.