Genesis 21:26

But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

In Context

25Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

27So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a ◄treaty/peace agreement►.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:7Furthermore, the descendants of Canaan and Perizzi were also living in that area, and the land really belonged to them. And the men who took care of Abram’s animals started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot’s animals.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33

Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →

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