Genesis 12:18

12:18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 20:8

20:8 Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.


tn The demonstrative pronoun translated “this” adds emphasis: “What in the world have you done to me?” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

tn Heb “And Abimelech rose early in the morning and he summoned.”

tn The verb קָרָא (qara’) followed by the preposition לְ (lamed) means “to summon.”

tn Heb “And he spoke all these things in their ears.”

tn Heb “the men.” This has been replaced by the pronoun “they” in the translation for stylistic reasons.