Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
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Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
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.
Then Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. And also you did not tell me, and also I have not heard about it until today.”
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Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
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.
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
And Abimelech saide, I knowe not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it but this day.
And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.
and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'
and Abimelech says, “I have not known who has done this thing, and even you did not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard except today.”
Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. You did not tell me before now; I have not heard of it until today.”
Then Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. And also you did not tell me, and also I have not heard about it until today.”
And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me [of it], neither have I heard [of it] but to-day.
Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet have I heard of it, but to-day.
“I don't know who did this, and you didn't mention it before. I haven't heard anything about it until today,” Abimelech responded.
But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
And Abimelech said: 'I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.'
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Repetition
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 23 words from the Hebrew and 28 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה אֶת הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וְגַם אַתָּ֞ה לֹא הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֗י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בִּלְתִּ֥י הַיּֽוֹם
Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί εἶπον αὐτός αβιμελεχ οὐ γιγνώσκω τίς ποιέω ὁ πρᾶγμα οὗτος οὐδέ σύ ἐγώ ἀποἀγγέλλω οὐδέ ἐγώ ἀκούω ἀλλά ἤ σήμερον
And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to you, neither did you tell it me, neither heard I it but only today.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לָא יְדָעִית מָאן עֲבַד יָת פִּתְגָּמָא הָדֵין וְאַף אַתְּ לָא חַוֵּיתָ לִּי וְאַף אֲנָא לָא שְׁמָעִית אֱלָּהֵין יוֹמָא דֵין
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
וַאֲמַר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לָא יָדַעְנָא מַן הוּא דְעָבַד יַת פִּתְגָמָא הָדֵין וְאוּף אַנְתְּ לָא חֲוַות לִי וְאוּף אֲנָא לָא שָׁמַעֲנָא מִן חוֹרָנִין אֱלָהֵין יוֹמָא דֵין מִנָךְ
And Abimelek said, I knew not who did this thing; neither hast thou shown it to me; nor have I heard it from others, till today from thyself.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Genesis, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 20 words (16 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂbîymelek (“Abimelech”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Genesis 21:26 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Radak
Rabbi David Kimhi (Radak)
Radak on the Tanakh — English translations: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash” (CC BY 4.0); “Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology” (CC BY 4.0); and “R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.